Resource Utilization of Patients with Parkinson's Disease in the Late Stages of the Disease in Germany: Data from the CLaSP Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The Care of Late-Stage Parkinsonism (CLaSP) study aimed to collect qualitative and standardized patient data in six European countries (France, Germany, Netherlands, Portugal, UK, Sweden) to enable a detailed evaluation of the underexplored late stages of the disease (Hoehn and Yahr stage > 3) using clinical, neuropsychological, behavioral, and health economic data. The aim of this substudy was to provide a health economic evaluation for the German healthcare system.

Methods

In Germany, 228 patients were included in the study. Costs were calculated from a societal perspective for a 3-month period. Univariate analyses were performed to identify cost-driving predictors. Total and direct costs were analyzed using a generalized linear model with a γ-distributed depende

SUBMITTER: Kruse C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8079299 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature