TY - JOUR
T1 - Health care service utilization among patients with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis in a single payer healthcare system
AU - Chung, Shiu Dong
AU - Liu, Shih Ping
AU - Li, Hsien-Chang
AU - Lin, Herng Ching
PY - 2014/1/29
Y1 - 2014/1/29
N2 - Background: This study aims to investigate the differences in the utilization of healthcare services between patients with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) and patients without using a population-based database in Taiwan. Methods: This study comprised of 350 patients with BPS/IC and 1,750 age-matched controls. Healthcare resource utilization was evaluated in the one-year follow-up period as follows: number of outpatient visits and inpatient days, and the mean costs of outpatient and inpatient treatment. A multivariate regression analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between BPS/IC and total costs of health care services. Results: For urological services, patients with BPS/IC had a significantly higher number of outpatient visits (2.5 vs. 0.2, p
AB - Background: This study aims to investigate the differences in the utilization of healthcare services between patients with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) and patients without using a population-based database in Taiwan. Methods: This study comprised of 350 patients with BPS/IC and 1,750 age-matched controls. Healthcare resource utilization was evaluated in the one-year follow-up period as follows: number of outpatient visits and inpatient days, and the mean costs of outpatient and inpatient treatment. A multivariate regression analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between BPS/IC and total costs of health care services. Results: For urological services, patients with BPS/IC had a significantly higher number of outpatient visits (2.5 vs. 0.2, p
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U2 - 10.1371/journal.pone.0087522
DO - 10.1371/journal.pone.0087522
M3 - Article
C2 - 24489932
AN - SCOPUS:84900398846
VL - 9
JO - PLoS One
JF - PLoS One
IS - 1
M1 - e87522
ER -