Chronic pain conditions impose a substantial burden on the healthcare system, with musculoskeletal conditions associated with the highest overall costs. Costs appeared to be primarily related to use of outpatient services. This type of research supports integrated delivery systems as a source for assessing opportunities to improve patient outcomes and lower the costs for chronic pain patients.

In this comprehensive analysis of 2 years of data from a large, vertically integrated metropolitan health system, chronic pain was identified in 12% of adult patients. Approximately 75% of chronic pain conditions were musculoskeletal. The triad of age ≥ 60 years, BMI ≥ 30, and female sex were the most salient demographic characteristics of patients with chronic pain conditions. These diagnostic and demographic data may be used to inform treatment program development.

A131the increasing of CHADS score: 4.6, 8.9 and 18,5 for low, moderate and high stroke risk, respectively. The average cost during the index year was around 9,600€ /patientyears: the main driver was represented by hospitalizations (83%), followed by drugs (9%). ConClusions: Administrative database analysis is an efficient tool to track epidemiologic and medical picture in patients with AF, which poses a significant burden in term of incidence, mortality and costs.