TY - JOUR

T1 - Social/economic costs and health-related quality of life in patients with histiocytosis in Europe

AU - BURQOL-RD Research Network

AU - Iskrov, Georgi

AU - Astigarraga, Itziar

AU - Stefanov, Rumen

AU - López-Bastida, Julio

AU - Linertová, Renata

AU - Oliva-Moreno, Juan

AU - Serrano-Aguilar, Pedro

AU - Posada-de-la-Paz, Manuel

AU - Schieppati, Arrigo

AU - Taruscio, Domenica

AU - Péntek, Márta

AU - von der Schulenburg, Johann Matthias Graf

AU - Kanavos, Panos

AU - Chevreul, Karine

AU - Persson, Ulf

AU - Fattore, Giovanni

N1 - Funding Information: Supported by the Social Economic Burden and Health-Related Quality of Life in Patients with Rare Diseases in Europe Project, which has received funding from the European Union in the framework of the Health Programme [grant A101205]. The Executive Agency of the European Union is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information contained here.

PY - 2016/4

Y1 - 2016/4

N2 - Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the economic burden from a societal perspective and the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with histiocytosis in Europe. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of patients with histiocytosis from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, the UK, and Sweden. Data on demographic characteristics, health resource utilisation, informal care, loss of labour productivity and HRQOL were collected from the questionnaires completed by patients or their caregivers. HRQOL was measured with the EuroQol 5-domain (EQ-5D) questionnaire. Results: A total of 134 patients (35 France, 32 Germany, 30 Italy, 24 Spain, 7 Bulgaria, 4 UK and 2 Sweden) completed the questionnaire. The average annual costs ranged from € 6832 to € 33,283 between countries, the year of reference being 2012. Estimated direct healthcare costs ranged from € 1698 to € 18,213; direct nonhealthcare costs ranged from € 2936 to € 17,622 and labour productivity losses ranged from € 1 to € 8855. The mean EQ-5D score for adult histiocytosis patients was estimated at between 0.32 and 0.85, and the mean EQ-5D visual analogue scale score was estimated at between 50.00 and 66.50. Conclusion: The main strengths of this study lie in our bottom-up approach to costing and in the evaluation of histiocytosis patients from a broad perspective (societal costs). This type of analysis is very scarce in international literature for rare diseases in comparison with other illnesses. We conclude that histiocytosis patients incur considerable societal costs and experience substantial deterioration in HRQOL.

AB - Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the economic burden from a societal perspective and the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of patients with histiocytosis in Europe. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study of patients with histiocytosis from France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bulgaria, the UK, and Sweden. Data on demographic characteristics, health resource utilisation, informal care, loss of labour productivity and HRQOL were collected from the questionnaires completed by patients or their caregivers. HRQOL was measured with the EuroQol 5-domain (EQ-5D) questionnaire. Results: A total of 134 patients (35 France, 32 Germany, 30 Italy, 24 Spain, 7 Bulgaria, 4 UK and 2 Sweden) completed the questionnaire. The average annual costs ranged from € 6832 to € 33,283 between countries, the year of reference being 2012. Estimated direct healthcare costs ranged from € 1698 to € 18,213; direct nonhealthcare costs ranged from € 2936 to € 17,622 and labour productivity losses ranged from € 1 to € 8855. The mean EQ-5D score for adult histiocytosis patients was estimated at between 0.32 and 0.85, and the mean EQ-5D visual analogue scale score was estimated at between 50.00 and 66.50. Conclusion: The main strengths of this study lie in our bottom-up approach to costing and in the evaluation of histiocytosis patients from a broad perspective (societal costs). This type of analysis is very scarce in international literature for rare diseases in comparison with other illnesses. We conclude that histiocytosis patients incur considerable societal costs and experience substantial deterioration in HRQOL.

KW - Cost-of-illness

KW - Europe

KW - Health-related quality of life

KW - Histiocytosis

KW - Social cost

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U2 - 10.1007/s10198-016-0790-5

DO - 10.1007/s10198-016-0790-5

M3 - Article

C2 - 27042831

AN - SCOPUS:84962136674

VL - 17

SP - 67

EP - 78

JO - European Journal of Health Economics

JF - European Journal of Health Economics

SN - 1618-7598

ER -