Projected Lifetime Healthcare Costs Associated with HIV Infection

Projected Lifetime Healthcare Costs Associated with HIV Infection

OBJECTIVE Estimates of healthcare costs associated with HIV infection would provide valuable insight for evaluating the cost-effectiveness of possible prevention interventions. We evaluate the additional lifetime healthcare cost incurred due to living with HIV. METHODS We used a stochastic computer simulation model to project the distribution of lifetime outcomes and costs of men-who-have-sex...

Estimating lifetime healthcare costs with morbidity data

BACKGROUND In many developed countries, the economic crisis started in 2008 producing a serious contraction of the financial resources spent on healthcare. Identifying which individuals will require more resources and the moment in their lives these resources have to be allocated becomes essential. It is well known that a small number of individuals with complex healthcare needs consume a high ...

Healthcare utilization and costs associated with gastroparesis

AIM To use a national database of United States hospitals to evaluate the incidence and costs of hospital admissions associated with gastroparesis. METHODS We analyzed the National Inpatient Sample Database (NIS) for all patients in whom gastroparesis (ICD-9 code: 536.3) was the principal discharge diagnosis during the period, 1997-2013. The NIS is the largest publicly available all-payer inp...

Healthcare utilization and costs associated with cholangiocarcinoma

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Cholangiocarcinoma is a rare but devastating malignancy associated with a poor prognosis and a high mortality rate. With the recent advances in detection and treatment, it is unclear if the incidence and outcomes of cholangiocarcinoma are improving in the United States. The aim of this study was to evaluate the trends in the incidence, costs and mortality rates of cholangioc...

Amyloidosis associated with HIV infection.