Fig 1.
Cohort development and patient disposition.
Figure shows cohort development, with inclusion of MS patients regularly followed-up at the same MS Centre (either Federico II or Vanvitelli University) and local healthcare services (3rd local healthcare agency for the south of Naples (ASL NA3 SUD)). Demographics, clinical features, and healthcare resource utilisation were extracted from claims data and electronic medical records within the study period (2015–2017). Federico II MS Centre was highly centralised in healthcare delivery, with a MS Care Unit organizational model (yellow), whereas Vanvitelli was based on local services for anything other than neurological consultations and day-service infusion (green). Reasons for exclusion are reported.
Table 1.
Demographic and clinical characteristics.
Table 2.
DMT utilization at Federico II and Vanvitelli MS centres.
Table 3.
Healthcare resource utilization and adherence.
Table 4.
Costs and clinical features.