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A Population-Based Study of Healthcare Resource Utilization in Patients with Mitral Valve Prolapse

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  • Sin-Cih Chen

    (School of Health Care Administration, College of Management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan)

  • Sudha Xirasagar

    (Department of Health Services Policy and Management, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA)

  • Ju-Chi Liu

    (Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan)

  • Yi-Wei Kao

    (Research Center of Big Data, College of management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
    Graduate Institute of Business Administration, College of Management, Fu Jen Catholic University, New Taipei City 242, Taiwan)

  • Ben-Chang Shia

    (Research Center of Big Data, College of management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan)

  • Tzong-Hann Yang

    (Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Taipei City Hospital, Taipei 110, Taiwan
    Department of Speech, Language and Audiology, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health, Taipei 110, Taiwan
    Research Center of Sleep Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

  • Herng-Ching Lin

    (School of Health Care Administration, College of Management, Taipei Medical University, Taipei 110, Taiwan
    Sleep Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei 110, Taiwan
    These authors contributed equally to this work.)

Abstract

This study investigated differences in the utilization of healthcare services between subjects with mitral valve prolapse (MVP) and comparison subjects using data from Taiwan’s National Health Insurance population-based database, 138,493 patients with MVP (study group) and 138,493 matched patients without MVP (comparison group). We calculated the utilization of healthcare services in the year 2016 for each study sample. Patients with MVP had more outpatient cardiological services during the year (5.3 vs. 0.7, p < 0.001) and higher outpatient cardiology costs (US$226.0 vs. US$30.8, p < 0.001) than patients without MVP. As expected, patients with MVP had a longer inpatient stay (0.5 vs. 0.1, p < 0.001) and higher inpatients costs (US$158.0 vs. US$22.9, p < 0.001) than patients without MVP for cardiology services. Furthermore, patients with MVP also had more outpatient non-cardiology services (20.8 vs. 16.5, p < 0.001) and associated costs (US$708.3 vs. US$518.7, p < 0.001) than patients without MVP in the year 2016. Multiple regression analysis indicated that patients with MVP had higher total costs for all healthcare services than patients without MVP after adjusting for the urbanization level, monthly income, and geographic region. This study demonstrated that healthcare utilization by patients with MVP is substantially higher than comparison patients. Future studies are encouraged to explore MVP treatment with less expensive modalities while maintaining care quality and without jeopardizing patient outcomes.

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  • Sin-Cih Chen & Sudha Xirasagar & Ju-Chi Liu & Yi-Wei Kao & Ben-Chang Shia & Tzong-Hann Yang & Herng-Ching Lin, 2020. "A Population-Based Study of Healthcare Resource Utilization in Patients with Mitral Valve Prolapse," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(5), pages 1-7, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jijerp:v:17:y:2020:i:5:p:1622-:d:327683
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    Cited by:

    1. Chien-Lung Chan & Chi-Chang Chang, 2020. "Big Data, Decision Models, and Public Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 17(18), pages 1-7, September.
    2. Chien-Lung Chan & Chi-Chang Chang, 2022. "Big Data, Decision Models, and Public Health," IJERPH, MDPI, vol. 19(14), pages 1-9, July.

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