Evaluating the health and economic burden of neurocysticerosis using Oregon's all payer all claims database, 2010-2013

Neurocysticercosis, or infection of the brain by larvae of the pig tapeworm, Taenia solium, has been reported in the literature with increased frequency during the past 3 decades in the United States. Population-based assessments of NCC are based on hospital discharge data, but do not include the outpatient population of NCC. I provide a population-based perspective of the complete spectrum of care of neurocysticercosis in the insured population of Oregon using the Oregon All Payers All Claims (APAC). I describe the demographic characteristics, frequency of neurocysticercosis-associated diagnoses and procedures, and disease burden of people with neurocysticercosis, and evaluate the APAC database as a source of demographic and financial information about NCC in Oregon.