Health Economics & Outcomes Research Department, ZRx Outcomes Research Inc., Mississauga, ON L5A 2X7, Canada.
Pain Manag. 2024;14(4):195-207. doi: 10.1080/17581869.2024.2348989. Epub 2024 May 31.
Exploring prescribing trends and economic burden of chronic low back pain (cLBP) patients prescribed buprenorphine buccal film (Belbuca®) or transdermal patches. In the MarketScan® commercial insurance claims (employees and their spouses/dependents, 2018-2021), the first film or patch prescription date was an index event. The observation covered 6-month pre-index and 12-month post-index periods. Patients were propensity-score matched (708 per cohort). Buprenorphine initiation had stable cost trends in buccal film and increasing trends in transdermal patch cohort. Between-cohort comparisons of healthcare expenditures, cost trends and resource utilization showed significant differences, mostly in favor of buccal film. Buccal film also had higher daily doses and wider dosing range. Buprenorphine film is more cost-effective cLBP treatment with more flexible dosing.
探索处方趋势和接受丁丙诺啡颊膜(Belbuca®)或透皮贴剂治疗的慢性下背痛(cLBP)患者的经济负担。在 MarketScan®商业保险索赔(员工及其配偶/受抚养人,2018-2021 年)中,第一次使用颊膜或贴剂的处方日期为索引事件。观察期包括 6 个月的索引前和 12 个月的索引后。采用倾向评分匹配(每个队列 708 人)。丁丙诺啡的起始使用在颊膜中有稳定的成本趋势,而在透皮贴剂队列中则呈上升趋势。两组间的医疗支出、成本趋势和资源利用比较显示出显著差异,主要有利于颊膜。颊膜的日剂量更高,剂量范围更广。丁丙诺啡膜是更具成本效益的 cLBP 治疗方法,具有更灵活的给药方式。