Healthcare utilisation, follow-up of guidelines and practice variation on rhinosinusitis in adults: A healthcare reimbursement claims study in The Netherlands.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To provide insight into healthcare utilisation of rhinosinusitis, compare data with clinical practice guideline recommendations and assess practice variation.

Design

Anonymised data from claims reimbursement registries of healthcare insurers were analysed, from 1 January 2016 until 31 December 2016.

Setting

Secondary and tertiary care in the Netherlands.

Participants

Patients ≥18 years with diagnostic code "sinusitis."

Main outcome measures

Healthcare utilisation (prevalence, co-morbidity, diagnostic testing, surgery), costs, comparison with guideline recommendation, practice variation.

Results

We identified 56 825 patients, prevalence was 0.4%. Costs were € 45 979 554-that is 0.2% of total hospital-related care costs (€21 831.3 × 10

SUBMITTER: Kaper NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9328289 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature