TY - JOUR
T1 - Effect of phenotype on health care costs in Crohn's disease
T2 - A European study using the Montreal classification
AU - Odes, Selwyn
AU - Vardi, Hillel
AU - Friger, Michael
AU - Wolters, Frank
AU - Hoie, Ole
AU - Moum, Bjørn
AU - Bernklev, Tomm
AU - Yona, Hagit
AU - Russel, Maurice
AU - Munkholm, Pia
AU - Langholz, Ebbe
AU - Riis, Lene
AU - Politi, Patrizia
AU - Bondini, Paolo
AU - Tsianos, Epameinondas
AU - Katsanos, Kostas
AU - Clofent, Juan
AU - Vermeire, Severine
AU - Freitas, João
AU - Mouzas, Iannis
AU - Limonard, Charles
AU - O'Morain, Colm
AU - Monteiro, Estela
AU - Fornaciari, Giovanni
AU - Vatn, Morten
AU - Stockbrugger, Reinhold
AU - European Collaborative Study Group on Inflammatory Bowel Disease
PY - 2007/12
Y1 - 2007/12
N2 - BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract associated with life-long high health care costs. We aimed to determine the effect of disease phenotype on cost.METHODS: Clinical and economic data of a community-based CD cohort with 10-year follow-up were analyzed retrospectively in relation to Montreal classification phenotypes.RESULTS: In 418 patients, mean total costs of health care for the behavior phenotypes were: nonstricturing-nonpenetrating 1690, stricturing 2081, penetrating 3133 and penetrating-with-perianal-fistula 3356 €/patient-phenotype-year (P<0.001), and mean costs of surgical hospitalization 215, 751, 1293 and 1275 €/patient-phenotype-year respectively (P<0.001). Penetrating-with-perianal-fistula patients incurred significantly greater expenses than penetrating patients for total care, diagnosis and drugs, but not surgical hospitalization. Total costs were similar in the location phenotypes: ileum 1893, colon 1748, ileo-colonic 2010 and upper gastrointestinal tract 1758 €/patient-phenotype-year, but surgical hospitalization costs differed significantly, 558, 209, 492 and 542 €/patient-phenotype-year respectively (P<0.001). By multivariate analysis, the behavior phenotype significantly impacted total, medical and surgical hospitalization costs, whereas the location phenotype affected only surgical costs. Younger age at diagnosis predicted greater surgical expenses.CONCLUSIONS: Behavior is the dominant phenotype driving health care cost. Use of the Montreal classification permits detection of cost differences caused by perianal fistula.
AB - BACKGROUND: Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic inflammation of the gastrointestinal tract associated with life-long high health care costs. We aimed to determine the effect of disease phenotype on cost.METHODS: Clinical and economic data of a community-based CD cohort with 10-year follow-up were analyzed retrospectively in relation to Montreal classification phenotypes.RESULTS: In 418 patients, mean total costs of health care for the behavior phenotypes were: nonstricturing-nonpenetrating 1690, stricturing 2081, penetrating 3133 and penetrating-with-perianal-fistula 3356 €/patient-phenotype-year (P<0.001), and mean costs of surgical hospitalization 215, 751, 1293 and 1275 €/patient-phenotype-year respectively (P<0.001). Penetrating-with-perianal-fistula patients incurred significantly greater expenses than penetrating patients for total care, diagnosis and drugs, but not surgical hospitalization. Total costs were similar in the location phenotypes: ileum 1893, colon 1748, ileo-colonic 2010 and upper gastrointestinal tract 1758 €/patient-phenotype-year, but surgical hospitalization costs differed significantly, 558, 209, 492 and 542 €/patient-phenotype-year respectively (P<0.001). By multivariate analysis, the behavior phenotype significantly impacted total, medical and surgical hospitalization costs, whereas the location phenotype affected only surgical costs. Younger age at diagnosis predicted greater surgical expenses.CONCLUSIONS: Behavior is the dominant phenotype driving health care cost. Use of the Montreal classification permits detection of cost differences caused by perianal fistula.
U2 - 10.1016/j.crohns.2007.08.004
DO - 10.1016/j.crohns.2007.08.004
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 21172190
SN - 1873-9946
VL - 1
SP - 87
EP - 96
JO - Journal of Crohn's & colitis
JF - Journal of Crohn's & colitis
IS - 2
ER -