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ArticleOrphanet journal of rare diseases2024

Incidence and medical costs of lupus in Spanish hospitals: a retrospective database analysis.

Josep Darba, Meritxell Ascanio, Ainoa Agüera

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Article in Orphanet journal of rare diseases, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Josep DarbaDepartment of Economics, University of Barcelona, Diagonal 690, 08034, Barcelona, Spain. darba@ub.edu.ORCID 0000-0003-2371-0999
Meritxell AscanioBCN Health Economics & Outcomes Research S.L., Travessera de Gràcia, 62, 08006, Barcelona, Spain.
Ainoa AgüeraBCN Health Economics & Outcomes Research S.L., Travessera de Gràcia, 62, 08006, Barcelona, Spain.
Clínica Diagonal · ES

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThis study aimed to assess the comorbidity profile, use of healthcare resources and medical costs of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) treated at the hospital level in Spain.

methodsAdmission records of patients with SLE and CLE that were registered between January 2016 and December 2020 were obtained from a Spanish hospital discharge database and analyzed in a retrospective multicenter study.

results329 patients met the criteria; 64.44% were female and 35.56% were male, with a median age of 54.65 years. Mean Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) was 2.75 in the index admission. 31.61% of the patients suffered essential hypertension, 21.96% suffered asthma and 19.76% suffered hyperlipidemia. Mortality rate was 3.95%. The most common medical procedure was heart ultrasound (19.45%) and introduction in peripheral vein of anti-inflammatory with a percutaneous approach (17.93%). Mean admission cost was €6355.99.

conclusionsLupus patients showed a higher incidence and prevalence in the female population, with associated cardiac diseases as the main secondary conditions.

Indexed as

Lupus Erythematosus, CutaneousLupus Erythematosus, SystemicFemaleHospitalizationHospitalsHumansIncidenceMaleMiddle AgedRetrospective StudiesComorbidityCutaneous lupus erythematosus: CLEIncidenceSLESpainSystemic lupus erythematosus

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