Treatment costs and indirect costs of cluster headache: A health economics analysis.
In: Cephalalgia, Jg. 31 (2011-12-01), Heft 16, S. 1664-1672
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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 E 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. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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Treatment costs and indirect costs of cluster headache: A health economics analysis.
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Autor/in / Beteiligte Person: | Gaul, Charly ; Finken, Julia ; Biermann, Janine ; Mostardt, Sarah ; Diener, Hans-Christoph ; Müller, Oliver ; Wasem, Jürgen ; Neumann, Anja |
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Zeitschrift: | Cephalalgia, Jg. 31 (2011-12-01), Heft 16, S. 1664-1672 |
Veröffentlichung: | 2011 |
Medientyp: | academicJournal |
ISSN: | 0333-1024 (print) |
DOI: | 10.1177/0333102411425866 |
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