2015
DOI: 10.3111/13696998.2015.1067221
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Impact of initiation of asenapine on patterns of utilization and cost of healthcare resources associated with the treatment of bipolar I disorder

Abstract: Relative to the 6-month period beforehand, levels of utilization of BPD-related healthcare services and costs decreased during the 6-month period immediately following initiation of asenapine therapy.

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“…95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated according to the formula: Since the study used only anonymised claims data of health insurance funds (secondary data use), no ethics committee approval was necessary. This is similar to other published studies 19 .…”
Section: Statisticssupporting
confidence: 94%
“…95% confidence intervals (CI) were calculated according to the formula: Since the study used only anonymised claims data of health insurance funds (secondary data use), no ethics committee approval was necessary. This is similar to other published studies 19 .…”
Section: Statisticssupporting
confidence: 94%
“…Whilst the median age of patients with BPD in this dataset was higher at approximately 44 years compared with published studies of at 20 to 25 years of age (1,3), the authors satisfactorily explain this difference. This included the fact that it can take up to 10 years from the time of symptom onset to reach a definitive diagnosis of BPD, and atypical antipsychotics may be reserved until other therapies such as mood stabilisers are found to be ineffective or intolerable (3).…”
Section: Main Textsupporting
confidence: 52%
“…As Chitnis and colleagues point out, in view of the high prevalence of BPD including both psychiatric and associated medical conditions including thyroid disease, migraine, heart disease and diabetes, overall expenditure on this condition is high (3). Direct medical costs were calculated at over US$30.7billion per year in the US alone in 2009, with indirect costs greater than US$120billion annually (2,3).…”
Section: Main Textmentioning
confidence: 99%
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