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: Received: 10 January 2024 / Approved: 11 January 2024 / Online: 11 January 2024 (10:29:25 CET)
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Strilciuc, S.; Olteanu, R.; Lăpădatu, R.; Grad, D.; Vlădescu, C.; Nicolescu, A.C. The Economic Burden of Alopecia Areata in Romania. Preprints2024, 2024010861. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0861.v1
Strilciuc, S.; Olteanu, R.; Lăpădatu, R.; Grad, D.; Vlădescu, C.; Nicolescu, A.C. The Economic Burden of Alopecia Areata in Romania. Preprints 2024, 2024010861. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0861.v1
Strilciuc, S.; Olteanu, R.; Lăpădatu, R.; Grad, D.; Vlădescu, C.; Nicolescu, A.C. The Economic Burden of Alopecia Areata in Romania. Preprints2024, 2024010861. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0861.v1
APA Style
Strilciuc, S., Olteanu, R., Lăpădatu, R., Grad, D., Vlădescu, C., & Nicolescu, A.C. (2024). The Economic Burden of Alopecia Areata in Romania. Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0861.v1
Chicago/Turabian Style
Strilciuc, S., Cristian Vlădescu and Alin Codruț Nicolescu. 2024 "The Economic Burden of Alopecia Areata in Romania" Preprints. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202401.0861.v1
Abstract
Background: Alopecia areata is a skin disease that affects patients’ quality of life and social participation. Objective: To quantify the economic burden of alopecia areata and to map health services utilization among patients with alopecia areata.Materials and methods: Prospective and retrospective data sources, using both top-down and bottom-up approaches to estimate direct and indirect costs and to map health service utilization associated with alopecia areata in Romania in 2022.Results: In our study, the total cost of alopecia areata in Romania for 2022 was estimated at 46.289 million EUR for adult patients and 1.89 million EUR for pediatric patients, encompassing both mild and severe cases. The breakdown reveals that both mild and severe cases incurred the highest costs due to associated expenses, medical services, and treatment. As for children, the highest alopecia-related expenses were represented by associated expenses and treatment costs (for both severity levels).Conclusion: This is the first study to quantify the burden of alopecia areata in Romania. Additional studies are needed due to a low sample size. However, considering our estimations based on external data sources, alopecia areata should be considered when planning health service distribution.
Keywords
alopecia areata, cost of illness, economic burden
Subject
Medicine and Pharmacology, Dermatology
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