Direct health costs of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis in a multidisciplinary ALS unit in Catalonia (Spain).
Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener
; 24(1-2): 133-138, 2023 Feb.
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ABSTRACT
Our research project computed the direct health costs of patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) in a Spanish multidisciplinary unit and explored the main factors associated. Besides analyzing a context with universal health care provision, we used an administrative health care dataset from the most crucial center unit treating ALS in Catalonia (80% of total patients). Our results show that the direct health cost of caring for an ALS patient in our unit was 5,158per patient/year. This cost was not influenced by the onset of the disease, sex or age, but it increased if the patient lived near our center since this facilitates the frequency of follow-up visits. Finally, the higher the educational level, the lower the direct health costs.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esclerose Lateral Amiotrófica
Tipo de estudo:
Health_economic_evaluation
Limite:
Humans
País/Região como assunto:
Europa
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Amyotroph Lateral Scler Frontotemporal Degener
Ano de publicação:
2023
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Espanha