作者
Steven Simoens, Gerard Dunselman, Carmen Dirksen, Lone Hummelshoj, Attila Bokor, Iris Brandes, Valentin Brodszky, Michel Canis, Giorgio Lorenzo Colombo, Thomas DeLeire, Tommaso Falcone, Barbara Graham, Gülden Halis, Andrew Horne, Omar Kanj, Jens Jørgen Kjer, Jens Kristensen, Dan Lebovic, Michael Mueller, Paola Vigano, Marcel Wullschleger, Thomas D'Hooghe
发表日期
2012/5/1
期刊
Human reproduction
卷号
27
期号
5
页码范围
1292-1299
出版商
Oxford University Press
简介
BACKGROUND
This study aimed to calculate costs and health-related quality of life of women with endometriosis-associated symptoms treated in referral centres.
METHODS
A prospective, multi-centre, questionnaire-based survey measured costs and quality of life in ambulatory care and in 12 tertiary care centres in 10 countries. The study enrolled women with a diagnosis of endometriosis and with at least one centre-specific contact related to endometriosis-associated symptoms in 2008. The main outcome measures were health care costs, costs of productivity loss, total costs and quality-adjusted life years. Predictors of costs were identified using regression analysis.
RESULTS
Data analysis of 909 women demonstrated that the average annual total cost per woman was €9579 (95% confidence interval €8559–€10 599). Costs of productivity loss of €6298 …
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