Classical homocystinuria (CHU), a rare disorder given a fancy name, comes with a heavy price tag regarding healthcare.

     The price tag and availability of healthcare for varied patients with the rare condition. is much higher than most often for those with a form of this weird disease that behaves differently based on a certain level.

      Instead, it can affect many organs all over the human body. In the U. S. , using special data from healthcare claims can give us a clue as to how much this weird disorder affects additional utilization of healthcare and costs of healthcare.

      First off, let's dig into the data. We took a look at how these patients interact with healthcare facilities. Healthcare economics get really interesting. You might thing this is confusing.

     The researchers were not looking only who had this mysterious disease, but  how much healthcare they used and. how large their expenses are.

    They found that these people with the really high homocysteine count.

    Are going to living with health costs be.

    Some of these numbers are surprising!

    This news should make us pause.

         As homocysteine levels goes up, risks and expenses for health problems increase.

           Everything we hear is the rise of health care costs don\u2019t always come from predictable places, like getting working for at Walmart.

            Scientist have some questions, answering them will be complicated. Being to sure of yourself is dangerous.

       The things we know about this disease will be helpful people living daily with it.

    Imagine how useful it would be to those patient and family members making plans for the future and families struggling right now the information.

    The medical system agreed the need to take care with costs. A lot of money needed. Our journey will help illustrates why. this disorder theoretically could be so much better and able to understand why costs are high but these are painful.

        The information could make deal with high costs and improve care. Healthcare is messy it explains much more than one can think currently.

Why Are Health Costs High For Classical Homocystinuria in the USA?

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