Darbà, JosepAscanio, Meritxell2021-05-302021-05-302021-03-011120-6721https://hdl.handle.net/2445/177822To 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.6 p.application/pdfeng(c) Darbà, Josep et al., 2021Síndromes de l'ull secAnàlisi d'impacte econòmicReclamacionsAssegurances de malaltiaDry eye syndromesEconomic impact analysisClaimsHealth insuranceinfo:eu-repo/semantics/article6996722021-05-30info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess