Hu XH, Markson L, Lipton R, Stewart W, Berger M; Association for Health Services Research. Meeting.
Abstr Book Assoc Health Serv Res Meet. 1998; 15: 272-3.
Outcomes Research & Management, U.S. Human Health Division, Merck Co., Inc., West Point, PA 19486, USA.
RESEARCH OBJECTIVE(S): To estimate the annual burden of migraine with respect to disability and economic costs for the U.S. population. STUDY DESIGN: The following data sources were used: published data, Baltimore County migraine study, MedStat's MarketScan medical claims dataset, and statistics from the Census Bureau and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The disability was reflected in bedridden days. Charges for migraine related treatment in the claims database were employed as direct cost inputs. The human capital approach was used in the estimate of indirect costs. PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: Migraineurs required 3.8 bed rest days for male and 5.6 days for female patients each year, resulting in a total of 112 million bedridden days. Migraine costs American employers about $13 billion a year and close to $8 billion was directly due to absenteeism. Patients aged 30 to 49 in both sexes incurred higher indirect costs compared to younger or older employed patients. Annual direct medical costs for migraine care were about 1 billion dollars and about $100 were spent per each diagnosed patient. Physician office visit accounted for about 60% of all costs in contrast to ER visits, which contributed less than 1% of the direct costs. CONCLUSIONS: The overall cost of migraine to society is quite large, and comparable to that reported for diabetes and higher than reported for asthma. The economic burden of migraine predominantly falls to patients and their employers in the form of lost productivity and bedridden days. IMPLICATIONS FOR POLICY, DELIVERY OR PRACTICE: Various screening and treatment regimens should be evaluated to identify opportunities to reduce the disease burden.
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Keywords:
- Absenteeism
- Baltimore
- Costs and Cost Analysis
- Data Collection
- Disabled Persons
- Efficiency
- Female
- Humans
- Male
- Migraine Disorders
- Population Groups
- United States
- economics
- hsrmtgs
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UI: 102234506
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