Erschienen in:
19.03.2019 | Concise Research Reports
Incremental Burden on Quality of Life and Health Care Expenditures in Adults with Diabetes Complications: MEPS 2013–2015
verfasst von:
Manasi S. Suryavanshi, MPH, Yi Yang, MD, PhD
Erschienen in:
Journal of General Internal Medicine
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Ausgabe 6/2019
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Excerpt
The prevalence of diabetes in adults aged ≥ 18 years has increased from 13.0 million in 1998 to 23.0 million in 2015,
1, 2 and is expected to reach 35.9 million (14.0%) by 2030 in the USA.
3 The annual cost of diabetes was reported to be $245 billion in 2012, including $176 billion in direct medical cost and $69 billion in reduced productivity.
4 Elevated blood sugar over a prolonged period of time can lead to many complications.
4 As the prevalence of diabetes continues to increase, diabetes complications will continue to be a public health concern.
3 Therefore, in this study, we estimated the treated prevalence of diabetes complications, evaluated the impact of diabetes complications on health-related quality of life (HRQOL), and quantified the incremental cost of diabetes complications using a large nationally representative sample of non-institutionalized adults with diabetes in the USA. …