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Jagadeswara Rao Earla1, J Douglas Thornton1, George J Hutton2
1Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy, College of Pharmacy, University of Houston, Texas.
Background:
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic neuroinflammatory disorder with significant health care burden. However, little is known about health care expenditures since the introduction of oral agents for MS after 2010.
Objective:
To analyze health care expenditures in individuals with MS using Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) data from 2010-2015.
Methods:
This retrospective cross-sectional study included adults (≥ 18 years) with MS (Clinical Classification Code 080) and those without MS based on the 2010-2015 full year consolidated MEPS Household Component and Medical Provider Component data files. Descriptive weighted analyses were performed to compare health care expenditures between individuals with MS and without MS. The 2-part model involving probit and generalized linear models was used to estimate the marginal increase in total health care expenditures for MS patients.
Results:
There were 0.61 million patients (95% CI = 0.50-0.72) diagnosed with MS annually, accounting for a prevalence of 0.25%. The 2-part model revealed that the marginal total health care expenditures in patients diagnosed with MS were $20,103.49 (95% CI = $14,516.24-$25,690.73) more compared with those without MS. Further, the mean adjusted prescription medication expenditures for the MS group were $13,092.16 (95% CI = $9,452.20-$16,732.12) higher than the non-MS group and accounted for 65.12% of total health care expenditures in MS.
Conclusions:
MS is an expensive neuroinflammatory disease with a majority of the burden attributable to prescription medications. High prescription expenditure burden can be a barrier to optimal patient care in MS.
Disclosures:
No funding was received for this study. Hutton reports grants from Adamas, Biogen, EMD Serono, Genzyme, Hoffman-LaRoche, MedImmune, Mallinckrodt, and Novartis and fees from Biogen, Celgene, Genzyme, Genentech, and Novartis, outside the submitted work. Aparasu reports grants from Novartis, Incyte, and Astellas, outside the submitted work. Earla and Thornton have nothing to disclose. Part of the study findings was presented at the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) 2019 National Conference; May 18-22, 2019; New Orleans, LA.
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