Differences in Hospital, Emergency Room and Outpatient Visits Among Adults With and Without Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance
Introduction This study evaluated the impact of receiving a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) diagnosis on healthcare utilization from patients at a community-based multispecialty provider organization. Methods A cohort of patients with MGUS (n = 429) were matched on sex, age...
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| author | Maira A. Castañeda-Avila PhD Kate L. Lapane PhD Sharina D. Person PhD Bill M. Jesdale PhD Yanhua Zhou MS Kathleen M. Mazor EdD Mara M. Epstein ScD |
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| description | Introduction This study evaluated the impact of receiving a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) diagnosis on healthcare utilization from patients at a community-based multispecialty provider organization. Methods A cohort of patients with MGUS (n = 429) were matched on sex, age, and length of enrollment to a cohort of patients without MGUS (n = 1286). Healthcare utilization was assessed: 1-12 months before, 1 month before and after, and 1-12 months after diagnosis/index date. Multivariable conditional Poisson models compared change in utilization of each service in patients with and without MGUS. Results During the 2 months around diagnosis/index date, the rates of emergency room, hospital and outpatient visits were higher for patients with MGUS than patients without MGUS. In the year before MGUS diagnosis, the association was still elevated, although attenuated. Conclusion Understanding the care of MGUS patients is important given that multiple myeloma patients with a pre-existing MGUS diagnosis may have a better prognosis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-fbe65e4fde6f459a8c684eaa93c89aaf2022-12-22T04:30:29ZengSAGE PublishingCancer Control1073-27482022-09-012910.1177/10732748221126936Differences in Hospital, Emergency Room and Outpatient Visits Among Adults With and Without Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined SignificanceMaira A. Castañeda-Avila PhDKate L. Lapane PhDSharina D. Person PhDBill M. Jesdale PhDYanhua Zhou MSKathleen M. Mazor EdDMara M. Epstein ScDIntroduction This study evaluated the impact of receiving a monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) diagnosis on healthcare utilization from patients at a community-based multispecialty provider organization. Methods A cohort of patients with MGUS (n = 429) were matched on sex, age, and length of enrollment to a cohort of patients without MGUS (n = 1286). Healthcare utilization was assessed: 1-12 months before, 1 month before and after, and 1-12 months after diagnosis/index date. Multivariable conditional Poisson models compared change in utilization of each service in patients with and without MGUS. Results During the 2 months around diagnosis/index date, the rates of emergency room, hospital and outpatient visits were higher for patients with MGUS than patients without MGUS. In the year before MGUS diagnosis, the association was still elevated, although attenuated. Conclusion Understanding the care of MGUS patients is important given that multiple myeloma patients with a pre-existing MGUS diagnosis may have a better prognosis.https://doi.org/10.1177/10732748221126936 |
| spellingShingle | Maira A. Castañeda-Avila PhD Kate L. Lapane PhD Sharina D. Person PhD Bill M. Jesdale PhD Yanhua Zhou MS Kathleen M. Mazor EdD Mara M. Epstein ScD Differences in Hospital, Emergency Room and Outpatient Visits Among Adults With and Without Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance Cancer Control |
| title | Differences in Hospital, Emergency Room and Outpatient Visits Among Adults With and Without Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance |
| title_full | Differences in Hospital, Emergency Room and Outpatient Visits Among Adults With and Without Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance |
| title_fullStr | Differences in Hospital, Emergency Room and Outpatient Visits Among Adults With and Without Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differences in Hospital, Emergency Room and Outpatient Visits Among Adults With and Without Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance |
| title_short | Differences in Hospital, Emergency Room and Outpatient Visits Among Adults With and Without Monoclonal Gammopathy of Undetermined Significance |
| title_sort | differences in hospital emergency room and outpatient visits among adults with and without monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1177/10732748221126936 |
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