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    Medical Costs of Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency-associated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease in the United States

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    Sieluk, Jan
    0000-0002-1833-0273
    Advisor
    Mullins, C. Daniel
    Date
    2018
    Embargo until
    07/01/2019
    Type
    dissertation
    
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    Objectives: The objective of this study was to isolate the healthcare resource utilization and economic burden attributable to the presence of a genetic factor among Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) patients with and without Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency (AATD), twelve months before and after their initial COPD diagnosis. Methods: Retrospective analysis of OptumLabs® Data Warehouse claims (OLDW; 2000 – 2017). The OLDW is a comprehensive, longitudinal real-world data asset with de-identified lives across claims and clinical information. AATD-associated COPD cases were matched with up to 10 unique non-AATD-associated COPD controls. Healthcare resource use and costs were assigned into the following categories: office (OV), outpatient (OP), and emergency room visits (ER), inpatients stays (IP), prescription drugs (RX), and other services (OTH). A generalized linear model was used to estimate total pre- and post-index (initial COPD diagnosis) costs from a third-party payer’s perspective (2018 USD) controlling for age, gender, race/ethnicity, census region, augmentation therapy use, oxygen use, insurance type, year of COPD diagnosis, and Charlson Comorbidity Score. Healthcare resource utilization was estimated using a negative binomial regression. Results: The study population consisted of 8,881 patients (953 cases matched with 7,928 controls). The AATD-associated COPD cohort had higher expenditures and use of OV and OTH services, as well as OV, OP, ER, RX, and OTH before and after the index date, respectively. Adjusted total cost ratios for AATD-associated COPD patients as compared to controls were 2.036 [95% CI: 1.601 – 2.590] and 1.976 [95% CI: 1.550 – 2.517] while the incremental cost difference totaled $6,861 [95% CI: $3,025 - $10,698] an $5,772 [95% CI: $1,940 - $9,604] per patient before and after the index date, respectively. Conclusions: Twelve months before and after their initial COPD diagnosis, patients with AATD incur higher healthcare utilization costs that are double the cost of similar patients without AATD. This study also suggests that increased costs of AATD-associated COPD are not solely attributable to augmentation therapy use. Future studies should further explore the relationship between augmentation therapy, healthcare resource use, and other AATD-associated COPD expenditures.
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    2018
    Pharmaceutical Health Services Research
    University of Maryland, Baltimore
    Ph.D.
    Keyword
    Economics
    Pharmaceutical sciences
    economic analysis
    health care resources
    alpha 1-Antitrypsin Deficiency--economics
    Cost-Benefit Analysis
    Cost of Illness
    Pulmonary Disease, Chronic Obstructive
    Rare Diseases
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