Elucidating the Real-World Burden of Chronic Rhinosinusitis With Nasal Polyps in Patients in the USA.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To characterize healthcare burden, treatment patterns, and clinical characteristics associated with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps (CRSwNP).

Study design

Retrospective cohort.

Setting

Real-world study using US health insurance claims database.

Methods

Adults with ≥1 CRSwNP diagnosis (index date: first claim for nasal polyps [NPs] between January 1, 2008, and March 31, 2019) and continuous health insurance coverage for ≥180 days preindex (baseline) and postindex were included. Follow-up spanned from index to the earliest of disenrollment, death, or data end. Assessments included patient demographics, comorbidities, and blood eosinophil count at baseline, healthcare resource utilization (HCRU), and costs during follow-up in the overall populat

SUBMITTER: Benson VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9558883 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature