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Health care utilizations and costs of Campylobacter enteritis in Germany: A claims data analysis

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  • Elisabeth Schorling
  • Sonja Lick
  • Pablo Steinberg
  • Dagmar Adeline Brüggemann

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Objective: The number of reported cases of Campylobacter enteritis (CE) remains on a high level in many parts of the world. The aim of this study was to analyze the health care utilizations and direct and indirect costs of CE and sequelae of patients insured by a large health insurance with 26 million members in Germany. Methods: Claims data of insurants with at least one CE diagnosis in 2017 (n = 13,150) were provided, of which 9,945 were included in the analysis of health care utilizations and costs. If medical services were not diagnosis-linked, CE-associated costs were estimated in comparison to up to three healthy controls per CE patient. Indirect costs were calculated by multiplying the work incapacities by the average labor costs. Total costs of CE in Germany were extrapolated by including all officially reported CE cases in 2017 using Monte Carlo simulations. Results: Insurants showed a lower rate of 56 CE diagnoses per 100,000 than German surveillance data for 2017, but with a similar age, gender and regional distribution. Of those CE cases, 6.3% developed post-infectious reactive arthritis, Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS), inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and/or irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Health care utilizations differed depending on CE severity, age and gender. Average CE-specific costs per patient receiving outpatient care were € 524 (95% CI 495–560) over a 12-month period, whereas costs per hospitalized CE case amounted to € 2,830 (2,769–2,905). The analyzed partial costs of sequelae ranged between € 221 (IBS) and € 22,721 (GBS) per patient per 12 months. Total costs of CE and sequelae extrapolated to Germany 2017 ranged between € 74.25 and € 95.19 million, of which 10–30% were due to sequelae. Conclusion: CE is associated with a substantial economic burden in Germany, also due to care-intensive long-lasting sequelae. However, uncertainties remain as to the causal relationship of IBD and IBS after CE.

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  • Elisabeth Schorling & Sonja Lick & Pablo Steinberg & Dagmar Adeline Brüggemann, 2023. "Health care utilizations and costs of Campylobacter enteritis in Germany: A claims data analysis," PLOS ONE, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(4), pages 1-24, April.
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    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0283865
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