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Economic Burden of Multimorbidity in Patients with Severe Asthma: a 20-Year Population-based Study by Chen, Wenjia (author);Safari, Abdollah (author);Fitzgerald, J. Mark (author);Sin, Don D. (author);Tavakoli, Hamid (author);Sadatsafavi, Mohsen (author) is a Medicine article available to read on EtoBox.
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## Background: The economic impact of multimorbidity in severe or difficult-to-treat asthma has not been comprehensively investigated. ## Aims: To estimate the incremental healthcare costs of coexisting chronic conditions (comorbidities) in patients with severe asthma, compared with non-severe asthma and no asthma. ## Methods: Using health administrative data in british columbia, canada (1996-2016), we identified, based on the intensity of drug use and occurrence of exacerbations, individuals who experienced severe asthma in an incident year. we also constructed matched cohorts of individuals without an asthma diagnosis and those who had mild/dormant or moderate asthma (non-severe asthma) throughout their follow-up. health service use records during follow-up were categorised into 16 major disease categories based on the international classification of diseases. incremental costs (in 2016 canadian dollars, cad$1=us$0.75=₤0.56=€0.68) were estimated as the adjusted difference in healthcare costs between individuals with severe asthma compared with those with non-severe asthma and non-asthma. ## Results: Relative to no asthma, incremental costs of severe asthma were $2779 per person-y
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- Author
- Chen, Wenjia (author);Safari, Abdollah (author);Fitzgerald, J. Mark (author);Sin, Don D. (author);Tavakoli, Hamid (author);Sadatsafavi, Mohsen (author)
- Publisher
- BMJ Publishing Group
- Published
- 2019
- Language
- EN
- Field
- Medicine (Health Sciences)