Annual Costs Associated With Diagnosis of Uterine Leiomyomata

The direct and indirect costs of uterine fibroid tumors: a systematic review of the literature between 2000 and 2013

“…[11][12][13]18 Four of the 26 studies compared costs in UF patients with controls or reported excess costs of UF compared with those of women with no diagnosis of UF. [19][20][21][22] Direct Healthcare Costs M A N U S C R I P T A C C E P T E D ACCEPTED MANUSCRIPT 12 The key characteristics and results of the 17 studies reporting direct costs associated with UF are summarized in Table 2. The direct cost results were mostly reported from either the hospital or third-party payer's perspective.…”

“…23 25,32,33 Three US studies reported total annual direct costs among general UF patients, not necessarily receiving surgeries. [20][21][22] Within the year after UF diagnosis, Lee et al reported an average direct cost of $9,473 per patient per year among those with clinically significant UF. 20 The estimate by Hartmann et al was similar at $9,319 per patient per year in women with a leiomyomata diagnosis, and the incremental cost due to UF, estimated by comparing to control without UF, was $6,076.…”

“…20 The estimate by Hartmann et al was similar at $9,319 per patient per year in women with a leiomyomata diagnosis, and the incremental cost due to UF, estimated by comparing to control without UF, was $6,076. 22 The third study by Wu et al also compared UF patients with those without UF, in which the average excess annual direct cost was $1,877 per person over the 4 years postdiagnosis, and was $5,427 over the first year post-diagnosis. In addition, Wu et al estimated the productive lifetime direct costs based on administrative claims data available from diagnosis up to 51 years of age, for patients who remained eligible in an insurance claims database.…”

“…36 The inpatient, surgery, outpatient, and drug costs reported by the studies are summarized in Tables 3 to 5. As shown in Table 3, the inpatient costs in the year following diagnosis ranged from $3,923 to $8,218 per patient per year in the U.S. 20,22 Compared with controls, the excess inpatient costs of UF in the year following diagnosis was estimated to be $3,326 per patient per…”

Myome in der Schwangerschaft

“…geschätzt, von denen aufgrund der Asymptomatik bei weniger als der Hälfte die Diagnose gestellt wird [7]. Etwa ein Drittel der Patientinnen mit diagnostizierten Myomen ließ konsekutiv einen operativen Eingriff durchführen [8].…”