Profile, Healthcare Resource Consumption and Related Costs in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Patients: a Real-World Analysis in Italy
Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitides (AAV) are rare autoimmune diseases triggeringinflammation of small vessels. This real-world analysis was focused on the most common AAV forms, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), to describe patients’ demographic and clinical characteristics,therapeutic management, disease progression, and the related economic burden. A retrospective analysis was conducted on administrative… Leggi tutto »Profile, Healthcare Resource Consumption and Related Costs in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Patients: a Real-World Analysis in Italy
The Epidemiology, Treatment Patterns and Economic Burden of Different Phenotypes of Multiple Sclerosis in Italy: Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis and Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
Purpose: A retrospective analysis of real-world data was performed to assess the epidemiology and economic burden of multiple sclerosis (MS), relapsing-remitting MS (RRMS), and secondary-progressive MS (SPMS) in Italy.Patients and Methods: An observational study on administrative databases from a sample of Italian entities was carried-out.Between 01/2010–12/2017, patients with ≥1 MS diagnosis code (ICD-9-CM:340 and/or exemption… Leggi tutto »The Epidemiology, Treatment Patterns and Economic Burden of Different Phenotypes of Multiple Sclerosis in Italy: Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis and Secondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis