Healthcare resource use and relapses with fingolimod versus natalizumab for treating multiple sclerosis: A retrospective US claims database analysis

Current Medical Research and Opinion

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1461-1471

  Bergvall, Niklas ^a   Lahoz, Raquel ^a   Reynolds, Tracy ^a   Korn, Jonathan R ^b  

^a NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

^b IQVIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Administrative claims; Effectiveness; Fingolimod; Healthcare resource; Multiple sclerosis; Natalizumab; Relapses

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FINGOLIMOD; NATALIZUMAB; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENT; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; PROPANEDIOL DERIVATIVE; SPHINGOSINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PRESCRIPTION; REIMBURSEMENT; RELAPSE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG COMBINATION; EVALUATION STUDY; FACTUAL DATABASE; HEALTH SERVICE; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MIDDLE AGED; PROPENSITY SCORE; RECURRENT DISEASE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADRENAL CORTEX HORMONES; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL, HUMANIZED; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; IMMUNOSUPPRESSIVE AGENTS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; PROPENSITY SCORE; PROPYLENE GLYCOLS; RECURRENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPHINGOSINE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84904913722     PISSN: 03007995     EISSN: 14734877     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1185/03007995.2014.915802     Document Type: Article

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