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http://hdl.handle.net/2445/177822| Title: | Economic impact of dry eye disease in Spain: A multicentre retrospective insurance claims database analysis |
| Author: | Darbà, Josep Ascanio, Meritxell |
| Keywords: | Síndromes de l'ull sec Anàlisi d'impacte econòmic Reclamacions Assegurances de malaltia Dry eye syndromes Economic impact analysis Claims Health insurance |
| Issue Date: | 1-Mar-2021 |
| Publisher: | SAGE Publications |
| Abstract: | To analyse the occurrence and cost of dry eye disease in Spain in the recent years. A cross-sectional analysis based on anonymised data from an insurance claims database that includes data from 1997 to 2015 from public and private hospitals and healthcare centres; 36,081 patients were eligible for the study after duplicate elimination. Five ICD9 codes associated with dry eye were used for patient selection, including vitamin A deficiency with xerophthalmic scars of cornea, xerophthalmia due to vitamin A deficiency, keratoconjunctivitis sicca not specified as Sjögren's, dry eye syndrome and keratoconjunctivitis sicca Sjögren's disease. |
| Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1177/1120672120907315 |
| It is part of: | European Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021, vol. 31, num. 2, p. 328-333 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/177822 |
| Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1120672120907315 |
| ISSN: | 1120-6721 |
| Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Economia) |
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