Healthcare expenditure and technology use in pediatric diabetes care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes mellitus is one of the most common chronic diseases in childhood. With more advanced care options including ever-evolving technology, allocation of resources becomes increasingly important to guarantee equal care for all. Therefore, we investigated healthcare resource utilization, hospital costs, and its determinants in Dutch children with diabetes.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective, observational analysis with hospital claims data of 5,474 children with diabetes mellitus treated in 64 hospitals across the Netherlands between 2019-2020.

Results

Total hospital costs were €33,002,652 per year, and most of these costs were diabetes-associated (€28,151,381; 85.3%). Mean annual diabetes costs were €5,143 per child, and treatment-related costs determi

SUBMITTER: de Vries SAG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10080182 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature