TABLE 1.
Member Demographics | N = 21 |
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Gender, female, n | a |
Age, at treatment initiation, in years, mean (range) | 20.1 (12-51) |
Number of CF medications at baseline, mean (SD)b | 3.5 (2.1) |
Members receiving respiratory medications, excluding respiratory antibiotics, % | 81.8 |
Members receiving respiratory antibiotics, % | 59.1 |
Members receiving gastrointestinal medications, % | 68.2 |
Complications of cystic fibrosis, members, % | |
0 | 0 |
1 | 14.3 |
2 | 19.0 |
≥ 3 | 66.7 |
PDC, mean (SD) | 0.62 (0.29) |
PDC ≥ 0.8, n | a |
aNot reportable due to cell size < 11.
bPharmacy claims for medications used to treat CF within 90 days of index date. CF-specific medication has been defined based on the CF pulmonary guidelines as dornase alfa, any inhaled antibiotic, hypertonic saline, oral macrolide antibiotics, ibuprofen, leukotriene modifiers, cromolyn, inhaled beta-adrenergic receptor agonists, inhaled anticholinergics, or N-acetylcysteine.
CF = cystic fibrosis; PDC = proportion of days covered, SD = standard deviation.