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Health Care Service Utilization among Patients with Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis in a Single Payer Healthcare System

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  • Shiu-Dong Chung
  • Shih-Ping Liu
  • Hsien-Chang Li
  • Herng-Ching Lin

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Background: This study aims to investigate the differences in the utilization of healthcare services between patients with bladder pain syndrome/interstitial cystitis (BPS/IC) and patients without using a population-based database in Taiwan. Methods: This study comprised of 350 patients with BPS/IC and 1,750 age-matched controls. Healthcare resource utilization was evaluated in the one-year follow-up period as follows: number of outpatient visits and inpatient days, and the mean costs of outpatient and inpatient treatment. A multivariate regression analysis was used to evaluate the relationship between BPS/IC and total costs of health care services. Results: For urological services, patients with BPS/IC had a significantly higher number of outpatient visits (2.5 vs. 0.2, p

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  • Shiu-Dong Chung & Shih-Ping Liu & Hsien-Chang Li & Herng-Ching Lin, 2014. "Health Care Service Utilization among Patients with Bladder Pain Syndrome/Interstitial Cystitis in a Single Payer Healthcare System," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 9(1), pages 1-5, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pone00:0087522
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0087522
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