Treatment Trends and Cost Associated With Peyronie's Disease.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Providers may use several treatment options for patients with Peyronie's disease; however, it is unclear whether practice patterns have evolved over recent years and if this has impacted cost.

Aims

To investigate trends in the treatment of Peyronie's disease over time and the associated costs using a national, commercial insurance claims database.

Methods

A retrospective cohort study was conducted using claims from the Truven MarketScan database from 2007 to 2018 for men with Peyronie's disease. Cost was estimated as either the sum of prescription oral or injectable treatment costs or as the single net cost associated with the operative procedure.

Main outcome measures

Frequency of use of various treatments for Peyronie's disease and associated cos

SUBMITTER: Loftus CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7691870 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature