Francois C, Biaggioni I, Shibao C, Ogbonnaya A, Shih H-C, Farrelly E, Ziemann A and Duhig A. Fall-related healthcare use and costs in neurogenic orthostatic hypotension with Parkinson’s disease. Journal of Medical Economics 2017;20:525-532
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13696998.2017.1284668
When the above paper was first published online, there was an error in the ‘Results’ section of the abstract. The corrected paragraph has been provided below.
Results: A total of 17,421 PD and 281 PD + nOH patients were identified. Compared with PD patients, PD + nOH patients were older (77 vs 74 years; p < 0.0001) and had more comorbidities. Pre- and post-index date, more PD + nOH patients had a medically attended fall than PD patients (25% vs 20% [p = 0.0159] and 30% vs 21% [p = 0.0002], respectively). Fallers in both groups had similar numbers of medically attended falls 12 months pre-index (mean, 1.9), but PD + nOH fallers had more falls post-index (2.5 vs 2.0; p = 0.0176). Compared with PD patients, more PD + nOH patients (all p < 0.01) had fall-related emergency department (ED) visits (18% vs 10%), hospitalizations (7% vs 3%), and non-office visit outpatient services (15% vs 10%). Unadjusted total post-index medical costs for falls ($2,260 vs $1,049; p = 0.0002) and total all-cause costs ($31,260 vs $20,910; p < 0.0001) were higher for PD + nOH vs PD patients.