Publications by authors named "Kirk Essenmacher"
Background: Celiac disease (CeD) is an autoimmune disease triggered by gluten ingestion.
Aim: We assessed total direct costs burden associated with CeD in patients with CeD versus patients without CeD using administrative claims data.
Methods: Patients with CeD (cases) with ≥1 occurrences of CeD diagnosis were selected at a randomly chosen date (index date) from the OptumHealth Reporting and Insights database from 01/01/1998 through 03/31/2013.