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- Yi-Yun Lee, Li-Na Kuo, Jin-Hua Chen, Yi-Chun Lin, Lung-Fang Chen, and Yu Ko.
- a Department of Pharmacy , College of Pharmacy, Taipei Medical University , Taipei , Taiwan.
- Curr Med Res Opin. 2019 Jun 1; 35 (6): 1051-1058.
Objective/MethodsThe Longitudinal Health Insurance Database (LHID) 2010 was used to identify gout cases and their number of gout flares.ResultsOut of 21,376 gout patients, a total of 3561 (16.7%) had frequent gout flares (≥3 gout flares/year). Average all-cause healthcare utilization (35.9 visits vs. 30.7 visits; p < .001) and gout-related utilization (22.7 visits vs. 15.6 visits; p < .001) were higher in frequent gout flare patients than in those with infrequent gout flares. The median gout-related cost (USD $369 vs. $285; p < .001), but not all-cause costs (p = .25), were higher in frequent gout flare patients compared to the infrequent group. Over 55.8% of the flares were treated with colchicine + NSAIDs.ConclusionsIn conclusion, patients with frequent gout flares had higher healthcare utilization and gout-related healthcare costs. Colchicine + NSAIDs are commonly used therapy for gout flare.
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