| Treatment costs and indirect costs of cluster headache: A health economics analysis. | |
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PMID: 21994114 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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Background: Cluster headache (CH) is the most frequent trigemino-autonomic cephalgia. CH can manifest as episodic (eCH) or chronic cluster headache (cCH) causing significant burden of disease and requiring attack therapy and prophylactic treatment. Methods: Treatment costs (direct costs) due to healthcare utilisation, as well as costs caused by disability and reduction in earning capacity (indirect costs), were obtained using a questionnaire in CH patients treated in a tertiary headache centre based at the University Duisburg-Essen over a 6-month period. Results: A total 179 patients (72 cCH, 107 eCH) were included. Mean attack frequency was 3.5 ± 2.5 per day. Mean direct and indirect costs for one person were €5963 in the 6-month period. Direct costs were positively correlated with attack frequency (r = 0.467, p < 0.001). Burden of disease measured with HIT-6 showed a significant correlation with attack frequency (r = 0.467, p < 0.001). Twenty-four (13.4%) of the participants were disabled and not able to work. Conclusion: CH leads to major socioeconomic impact on patients as well as society due to direct healthcare costs and indirect costs caused by loss of working capacity. |
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Charly Gaul; Julia Finken; Janine Biermann; Sarah Mostardt; Hans-Christoph Diener; Oliver Müller; Jürgen Wasem; Anja Neumann |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-10-12 |
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Title: Cephalalgia : an international journal of headache Volume: - ISSN: 1468-2982 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Oct |
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Created Date: 2011-10-13 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 8200710 Medline TA: Cephalalgia Country: - |
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Languages: ENG Pagination: - Citation Subset: - |
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University Duisburg-Essen, Germany. |
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