Prevalence, treatment status, medical costs, quality of life, and productivity loss in Japanese adult patients with anemia: A real-world database study.
Tomomi TakeshimaYosuke YamamotoKosuke IwasakiChise HaMasahito OishiAsuka SatoYohei SonoyamaNatsumi HondaHiromichi NiidaJun TakedaPublished in: Journal of medical economics (2023)
The results suggest that more than half of patients with anemia were undiagnosed and untreated. Patients with anemia had higher medical costs, lower QOL, and greater productivity loss than those without anemia.