Medical Costs Associated With Diabetes Complications in Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65 Years or Older With Type 1 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate medical costs associated with 17 diabetes complications and treatment procedures among Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥65 years with type 1 diabetes.

Research design and methods

With use of the 2006-2017 100% Medicare claims database for beneficiaries enrolled in fee-for-service plans and Part D, we estimated the annual cost of 17 diabetes complications and treatment procedures. Type 1 diabetes and its complications and procedures were identified using ICD-9/ICD-10, procedure, and diagnosis-related group codes. Individuals with type 1 diabetes were followed from the year when their diabetes was initially identified in Medicare (2006-2015) until death, discontinuing plan coverage, or 31 December 2017. Fixed-effects regression was used to estimate costs in t

SUBMITTER: Wang Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11322953 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature