TRENDS IN HEALTHCARE EXPENDITURES, UTILIZATION, AND HEALTH STATUS AMONG US PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS FROM 1998-2014: A REPORT FROM THE MEDICAL EXPENDITURE PANEL SURVEY

OBJECTIVES: The research was conducted to estimate the annual expenditures, healthcare utilization, and change in health status for patients who sought health care services for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on the nationally representative sample from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). M...

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Published in:Value in health 2017-05, Vol.20 (5), p.A144
Main Authors: Gressler, LE, Li, C
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Averages
Biological products
Emergency services
Health care expenditures
Health services utilization
Health status
Help seeking behavior
Hospitalization
Inpatient care
Linear analysis
Mental health
Patients
Pharmacy
Polls & surveys
Rheumatoid arthritis
Sociodemographics
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Summary:OBJECTIVES: The research was conducted to estimate the annual expenditures, healthcare utilization, and change in health status for patients who sought health care services for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on the nationally representative sample from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). METHODS: Adult respondents were sampled from the years 1998, 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014. Patients with RA were identified and compared to those without RA. Annual total expenditures and utilization were recorded for the inpatient setting, office-based setting, pharmacy, and emergency department. Data were compared to the self-reported health status from short-form 12 for patients each year. Sociodemographic factors were adjusted for, and a generalized linear model was developed to identify factors associated with RA expenditure. The quantity of biologies used and expenditures associated since their initial release in 1998 were estimated. RESULTS: The adjusted average total expenditure of the RA population over the five sampled years in 2014 US dollars was $9363.40 compared to $7179.30 in the non-RA sample (p
ISSN:1098-3015
1524-4733
DOI:10.1016/j.jval.2017.05.005