Disability-related disparities in health outcomes among newly diagnosed diabetic patients: A retrospective cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A distinct gap in the literature persists regarding the health outcome of individuals with Type 2 diabetes who also have disabilities. This study aimed to investigate potential disparities in events occurrence among diabetes patients across various disability stages.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective cohort study on patients newly diagnosed with diabetes in 2013 and 2014, aged ≥ 18 years, and followed them until December 2021, using data from the Korean National Health Insurance database. All-cause mortality and hospitalization for diabetes mellitus and cardio-cerebrovascular diseases (CVD) was assessed.

Results

The study included 26,085 patients, encompassing individuals without disabilities and those with physical, visual, hearing and speech, intellect

SUBMITTER: Kim S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11323359 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature