Economic impact of dry eye disease in Spain: A multicentre retrospective insurance claims database analysis
To analyse the occurrence and cost of dry eye disease in Spain in the recent years. A cross-sectional analysis based on anonymised data from an insurance claims database that includes data from 1997 to 2015 from public and private hospitals and healthcare centres; 36,081 patients were eligible for t...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión aceptada para publicación |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2021 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:2445/177822 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2445/177822 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Síndromes de l'ull sec Anàlisi d'impacte econòmic Reclamacions Assegurances de malaltia Dry eye syndromes Economic impact analysis Claims Health insurance |
| Sumario: | To analyse the occurrence and cost of dry eye disease in Spain in the recent years. A cross-sectional analysis based on anonymised data from an insurance claims database that includes data from 1997 to 2015 from public and private hospitals and healthcare centres; 36,081 patients were eligible for the study after duplicate elimination. Five ICD9 codes associated with dry eye were used for patient selection, including vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea, xerophthalmia due to vitamin A deficiency, keratoconjunctivitis sicca not specified as Sjögren's, dry eye syndrome and keratoconjunctivitis sicca Sjögren's disease. |
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