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Economic impact of dry eye disease in Spain: A multicentre retrospective insurance claims database analysis

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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.

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DARBÀ, Josep and ASCANIO, Meritxell. Economic impact of dry eye disease in Spain: A multicentre retrospective insurance claims database analysis. European Journal of Ophthalmology. 2021. Vol. 31, num. 2, pags. 328-333. ISSN 1120-6721. [consulted: 6 of June of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/177822

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