(110) Impact of Pain Severity among Patients with Osteoarthritis on Healthcare Use in the United States

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the leading cause of disability in older adults. Total healthcare costs tend to rise as pain severity associated with OA increases. To understand treatment and healthcare resource utilization (HCRU) by OA pain severity, data were collected from Feb-May 2017 using US Adelphi Disease Specific Programme, a cross-sectional survey of primary care physicians, rheumatologists, orthopedists and their patients. Descriptive statistics were used and all data were analysed using SPSS v6 and Stata v14.1.

Source: The Journal of Pain - March 21, 2019 Category: Materials Science Authors: R. Robinson, J. Bobula, J. Cappelleri, A. Bushmakin, L. Tive, L. Viktrup, J. Mellor, N. Williams, P. Hubanova, J. Jackson Source Type: research