PHARMACOECONOMIC ASPECTS OF MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS TREATMENTS IN IRAN
Author(s)
Khanizadeh H1, Izham M2, Nikkhah K3
1UNIVERSITY SAINS MALAYSIA, penang, Malaysia, 2Universiti Sains Malaysia, Pinang, Palau Pinang, Malaysia, 3Mashhad University of Medical Sciences, Mashhad, Khorasan, Iran
OBJECTIVES Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and progressive which represents a catastrophic payment to patient, society and health care system . Iran, differing to the other countries in Middle- east, is considered to have a medium to high prevalence of MS. Although much is known about the MS cost in the world, there is a very paucity of the MS cost study in Iran. The aim of study was to estimate the costs and QOL in MS individuals and determine whether these costs increase as disability progress. METHODS We studied 160 MS patients who attended in the MS association of Khorasan privence(the widest province in Iran ). Quality of life was measured with MSQOL-54 instrument. Data was collected by employing a 32- item self-administered questionnaire in a face to face interview. Parametric, nonparametric tests and descriptive statistics analysis were applied (p value<0.05). Patients were grouped into three disability stages according to their Expanded Disability Scale Score (EDSS). RESULTS The Patients mean age was 31.78(SD: 9.67 )years,% 73.8 were female and %26.3 were male , and their mean EDSS was 2.4(SD; 1.26) whereas EDSS increases , the costs also increases, which is a positive correlation. The mean QOL was 0.54 that as QOL increases, the costs decreases, which is a negative correlation. The MS medications (Interferon ) have a cost around $ 46625 per year for each patient that are subsidized about $ 24452 IR by governmental sector .Up to $ 17104 are paid by insurance and $ 5263 directly by patients. The costs per patient-year were calculated as $ 11560)- 27970.5591 (EDSS= 1-2.5),$ 29916.909- 30015.645 (EDSS=3-4.5) and $34678.776- 34793.22 (EDSS= 5- 7.5). CONCLUSIONS We conclude that the costs are relevant in MS ,especially when disability increases. The catastrophic cost has a high burden to patients , society and health care system
Conference/Value in Health Info
2014-11, ISPOR Europe 2014, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Value in Health, Vol. 17, No. 7 (November 2014)
Code
PND31
Topic
Economic Evaluation
Topic Subcategory
Cost/Cost of Illness/Resource Use Studies
Disease
Neurological Disorders