PMS14 DIRECT HEALTHCARE COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH OSTEOARTHRITIS

Osteoarthritis (OA) affects nearly 14% of US adults and only few recent studies have assessed the economic burden of this common condition. The objective of this study was to compare direct healthcare costs of OA patients and similar patients without the condition to determine the cost burden associated with OA. De-identified insurance claims from the Thomson Reuters MarketScan® Databases were used to retrospectively analyze direct healthcare...