The Burden of Narcolepsy Disease (BOND) study: health-care utilization and cost findings

Highlights • Burden of illness was evaluated in 9312 narcolepsy patients using claims data. • Narcolepsy is associated with substantial personal and economic burdens. • Narcolepsy patients have higher health-care utilization and costs versus controls. • Narcolepsy patients have higher short-term dis...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Sleep medicine 2014-05, Vol.15 (5), p.522-529
Hauptverfasser:	Black, Jed, Reaven, Nancy L, Funk, Susan E, McGaughey, Karen, Ohayon, Maurice, Guilleminault, Christian, Ruoff, Chad, Mignot, Emmanuel
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Burden of illness Case-Control Studies Cataplexy Cost of Illness Delivery of Health Care - economics Delivery of Health Care - utilization Drug Costs - statistics & numerical data Emergency Service, Hospital - economics Emergency Service, Hospital - utilization Female Health Care Costs - statistics & numerical data Health-care utilization Hospitalization - economics Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Male Middle Aged Narcolepsy Narcolepsy - drug therapy Narcolepsy - economics Neurology Retrospective Studies Sick Leave - economics Sick Leave - statistics & numerical data Sleep Medicine Socioeconomic impact United States - epidemiology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Burden of illness was evaluated in 9312 narcolepsy patients using claims data. • Narcolepsy is associated with substantial personal and economic burdens. • Narcolepsy patients have higher health-care utilization and costs versus controls. • Narcolepsy patients have higher short-term disability rates versus controls. • The illness burden in narcolepsy is striking with potential far-reaching consequences.
ISSN:	1389-9457 1878-5506
DOI:	10.1016/j.sleep.2014.02.001