An Observational Retrospective Matched Cohort Study of Healthcare Resource Utilisation and Costs in UK Patients with Moderate to Severe Osteoarthritis Pain.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Using data from patients residing in Salford, UK, we aimed to compare healthcare resource utilisation (HCRU) and direct healthcare costs between patients with moderate to severe (M-S) or severe osteoarthritis (OA) pain and those without OA.

Methods

Patients with a M-S OA pain event within a period of chronic pain were indexed from the Salford Integrated Record (SIR) between 2010 and 2017. Patients with a severe pain event formed an OA subcohort. Patients in each OA pain cohort were independently matched to patients without OA, forming two control cohorts. HCRU, prescribed analgesic drugs, and total direct costs per UK standardised tariffs were calculated for the year post-index. Multivariable models were used to identify drivers of healthcare cost.

Results

SUBMITTER: Abraham L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9127021 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature