Healthcare expenditures for sinusitis in 1996: contributions of asthma, rhinitis, and other airway disorders
NF Ray, JN Baraniuk, M Thamer, CS Rinehart… - Journal of Allergy and …, 1999 - Elsevier
Background: There have been no recent assessments of the economic burden of sinusitis in
the peer-reviewed literature. Objective: We sought to estimate the 1996 total direct health
care expenditures for the treatment of sinusitis. Methods: This study determined (1) direct
expenditures of medical and surgical encounters in which sinusitis was the primary
diagnosis and (2) attributable expenditures when related airway diseases were the primary
diagnosis and sinusitis was a comorbid condition. An expert panel used the Delphi …
the peer-reviewed literature. Objective: We sought to estimate the 1996 total direct health
care expenditures for the treatment of sinusitis. Methods: This study determined (1) direct
expenditures of medical and surgical encounters in which sinusitis was the primary
diagnosis and (2) attributable expenditures when related airway diseases were the primary
diagnosis and sinusitis was a comorbid condition. An expert panel used the Delphi …