Incidence and Prevalence of Uveitis

Acharya, Nisha R.; Tham, Vivien M.; Esterberg, Elizabeth; Borkar, Durga S.; Parker, John V.; Vinoya, Aleli C.; Uchida, Aileen

doi:10.1001/jamaophthalmol.2013.4237

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“…2008; Acharya et al. 2013), NIIPPU is not particularly common; however, sight‐threatening complications, including macular oedema, glaucoma, visual disturbances and cataracts, are common in these patients (Rothova et al. 1996; Durrani et al.…”

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“…In contrast, several epidemiological studies of uveitis (all types) have reported that the majority of patients (52–57%) were women (Gritz & Wong 2004; Acharya et al. 2013; Bajwa et al. 2015).…”

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“…2004a; Acharya et al. 2013); thus, disease‐related work absenteeism and disability is an important measure of the potential economic consequences of the disease. Greater durations of medically related work absenteeism among NIIPPU cases in translated to associated indirect costs that were 2.5 times greater than those for controls (4.4 times greater for persistent NIIPPU), and patients with NIIPPU also were more likely to be on short‐ or long‐term disability.…”

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“…Compared with anterior disease, which is the most common non‐infectious form (Chang & Wakefield 2002; Gritz & Wong 2004; Acharya et al. 2013; Miserocchi et al. 2013), NIIPPU is more often associated with a poorer prognosis (Chang & Wakefield 2002; Barisani‐Asenbauer et al.…”

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“…2004a; Acharya et al. 2013), the costs to society in terms of medical resource use and work disability could be greater than those observed among patients with blindness or visual impairment associated with age‐related eye diseases. Nevertheless, current data on the economic burden of non‐infectious uveitis are limited, aside from a study by Chu et al.…”

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Direct and indirect resource use, healthcare costs and work force absence in patients with non‐infectious intermediate, posterior or panuveitis

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Skup

Tundia

et al. 2016

Acta Ophthalmologica

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PurposeTo ascertain resource use, costs and risk of workforce absence in non‐infectious uveitis cases versus matched controls.MethodsIn a retrospective claims analysis of employees in the United States, prevalent (N = 705) and incident (N = 776) cases 18–64 years old with ≥2 diagnoses of non‐infectious intermediate, posterior or panuveitis were matched 1:1 to controls without uveitis. Persistent prevalent cases (treated for ≥90 days, N = 112) also were analysed. Outcomes were annual direct resource use and costs associated with inpatient stays; emergency department, outpatient and ophthalmologist/optometrist visits; and prescription drugs. Indirect resource use and costs associated with work loss from disability and medically related absenteeism also were compared. Multivariate regression assessed cost differences between cases and controls.ResultsCases had significantly (p < 0.05) more medical resource use versus controls including 0.4 versus 0.2 emergency visits and 16.5 versus 7.6 outpatient/other visits. Cases used more prescription drugs (7.8 versus 4.1) and had more disability days (10.3 versus 4.6), medically related absenteeism days (8.5 versus 3.8), and work loss days (18.7 versus 8.4) than controls (all p < 0.05). Total direct ($12 940 versus $3730) and indirect ($3144 versus $1378) costs were higher in cases than controls (all p < 0.05). Results for persistent cases suggested greater utilization and associated cost and work loss burden. Compared with controls, cases had significantly greater risks of workforce absence, leave of absence and long‐term disability (all p < 0.05).ConclusionNon‐infectious intermediate, posterior or panuveitis, particularly persistent disease, is associated with substantial medical and work loss costs suggesting an unmet need for more effective treatments.

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Direct and indirect resource use, healthcare costs and work force absence in patients with non‐infectious intermediate, posterior or panuveitis

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Tundia

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Implications of the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Uveitis Epidemiology Study

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Forooghian

Suhler

2014

JAMA

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Assessment of the Accuracy of UsingICD-9Codes to Identify Uveitis, Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus, Scleritis, and Episcleritis

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IMPORTANCE With the increased use of data from electronic medical records for research, it is important to validate International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes for their respective diagnoses. OBJECTIVE To assess the accuracy of using ICD-9 codes to identify ocular inflammatory diseases. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Retrospective secondary database analysis. The setting was Kaiser Permanente Hawaii, an integrated managed care consortium that serves approximately 15% of the general Hawaiian population. Participants were patients with ICD-9 diagnosis codes that might be associated with a diagnosis of ocular inflammation seen at

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Incidence and Prevalence of Uveitis

Cited by 244 publications

References 21 publications

Direct and indirect resource use, healthcare costs and work force absence in patients with non‐infectious intermediate, posterior or panuveitis

Direct and indirect resource use, healthcare costs and work force absence in patients with non‐infectious intermediate, posterior or panuveitis

Implications of the Pacific Ocular Inflammation Uveitis Epidemiology Study

Assessment of the Accuracy of UsingICD-9Codes to Identify Uveitis, Herpes Zoster Ophthalmicus, Scleritis, and Episcleritis

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