Cost of illness of XXXX in a UK population - a pilot study.

@entity1 @entity8619 @entity3136 @entity102
OBJECTIVE: To assess the economic burden of @entity8619 ( @entity8619 ) from the perspective of the healthcare provider in a UK population. METHODS: This prevalence-based cost-of-illness analysis was carried out via a cross-sectional study conducted in the Oral Medicine Unit of the Eastman Dental Hospital. This study was conducted in three phases - phase 1 involved framing of the cost-of-illness analysis, development of the cost inventory and design of the @entity1 questionnaire for ease of data collection. Data collected from @entity1 were inputted during phase 2, and costings were determined. The final phase consisted of the calculation of the cost of illness of @entity8619 . RESULTS: One hundred @entity1 were enrolled in the study, 30 males and 70 females, with an average age of 59.9 years (  13.4 years). The average @entity8619 @entity1 , based on our cohort, attends the oral medicine unit 2.64 times per year, their general medical practitioner 1.13 times annually, their general dental practitioner 0.82 times in a year and fills on average 3.37 prescriptions annually. This leads to an average annual cost of   398.58 (   541.16) per @entity1 per year from the perspective of the healthcare provider. CONCLUSION: The annual average cost of @entity8619 to the healthcare provider in the UK is substantial. The prevalence-based cost-of-illness data generated in this study will facilitate comparison with other chronic @entity3136 and with @entity102 managed in allied medical specialties.
