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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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European Journal of Ophthalmology, 2021, vol. 31, num. 2, p. 328-333

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Articles publicats en revistes (Economia)

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