Celiac.com 08/29/2016 - What does it cost to have celiac disease? A team of researchers recently set out to make a close analysis of direct costs.
The researchers included Stefano Guandalini, Namita Tundia, Roopal Thakkar, Dendy Macaulay, Kirk Essenmacher, Mahesh Fuldeore. They are variously associated with the University of Chicago, AbbVie Inc., Analysis Group, and with Alvine Pharmaceuticals.
The research team measured the burden of total direct costs associated with celiac disease in patients with celiac disease versus patients without celiac disease using administrative claims data.
They selected cases of celiac disease diagnoses at a randomly chosen index date from the OptumHealth Reporting and Insights database from 01/01/1998 through 03/31/2013. They continuously...

Celiac.com 01/06/2020 - National charity Coeliac UK is opposing the further proposed cuts to gluten-free prescriptions for many patients in Buckinghamshire, which they say goes against the Government’s decision to maintain this essential support for all patients with celiac disease.
For those unfamiliar with the British system of getting gluten-free food to people with celiac and other gluten sensitivities, the system works by providing prescriptions for gluten-free bread and flour mixes.
Citing recent trends toward more readily available gluten-free foods in general, there has been a push by some in UK government to eliminate food prescriptions, which are currently handled as part of the NHS, the UK's famous health program.
The charity points to a recent effort b...

Celiac.com 10/15/2020 - A team of researchers recently conducted an analysis of US healthcare resource utilization (HRU) and costs between celiac patients and a group of matched control subjects.
The research team included Katherine Cappell, PhD; Aliki Taylor MPH, PhD; Barbara H. Johnson MBA; Steve Gelwicks, MS; Song Wang, Song PhD; Michele Gerber, MPH, MD; Danial A. Leffler, Daniel MD.
They are variously affiliated with the IBM Watson Health, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; Takeda Pharmaceuticals International, London, United Kingdom; Takeda Pharmaceuticals International Co, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; and the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
For their study, the team used the MarketScam databases to isolate celiac patients with...