Pharmacoeconomics: Open Access

Elham Rahme

Publications

• Research Article
  Crohn’s Disease Treatment Expenditures over Fifteen Years of Follow-Up
  Author(s): Graziele Duarte Machado, Brian Godman, Elham Rahme, Mariangela Leal Cherchiglia, Francisco de Assis Acurcio, Eli Iola Gurgel Andrade, Juliana Alvares, Vânia Eloisa de Araújo, Lana Claudinez dos Santos and Augusto Afonso Guerra JúniorGraziele Duarte Machado, Brian Godman, Elham Rahme, Mariangela Leal Cherchiglia, Francisco de Assis Acurcio, Eli Iola Gurgel Andrade, Juliana Alvares, Vânia Eloisa de Araújo, Lana Claudinez dos Santos and Augusto Afonso Guerra Júnior
  
  Background: The increasing Crohn’s Disease (CD) prevalence worldwide has contributed to CD related healthcare resource use increase and the disease treatment has a considerable economic burden, varying between countries. The aim of this study was to assess the direct medical cost of CD treatment over fifteen years of follow up in Brazil. Methods: A total of 46,886 CD patients were included. Patients were identified from the Brazilian public health system databases between 2000 and 2014. The mean annual expenditure was calculated for each patient. Expenditures included the costs of all (CD-related or not) medications, diagnostics and monitoring exams, outpatient care and hospitalizations. Multivariate analyses were conducted to evaluate the relation between demographic and clinical variables in mean annual expenditure. .. Read More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2472-1042.1000115

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