Health Resource Utilization and Cost for Patients with Incontinent Overactive Bladder Treated with Anticholinergics

Abstract

This study was sponsored by Allergan, Irvine, California, which reviewed and approved the final manuscript. At the time of the study, Yehoshua had received a fellowship at the University of Arizona, which was funded by Allergan. Yehoshua, Joshi, and Campbell are employees of Allergan. Vasaveda has received consulting fees from Allergan, Medtronic, and Boston Scientific. Chancelor has received consulting fees from Allergan and Medtronic. All authors met the ICMJE authorship criteria. Neither honoraria nor payments were made for authorship. Study design was created by Yehoshua, Pulicharam, Malone, and Armstrong. Pulicharam took the lead in data collection, along with Chancellor and Campbell, and data interpretation was performed by Chancellor, Vasavada, Malone, and Armstrong. The manuscript was written by Yehoshua and revised by Joshi and Yehoshua, with assistance from the other authors.