Attributable one-year healthcare cost of incident type 2 diabetes: A population-wide difference-in-differences study in Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

The aim of this study is to estimate the causally attributable one-year healthcare costs for individuals getting a type 2 diabetes diagnosis compared to a matched sample and show the incurred costs of medication and in primary and secondary healthcare.

Methods

Causal estimation using a difference-in-differences design to estimate the one-year health care costs attributable to type 2 diabetes. Danish registry data consisting of the entire population in years 2016-2019. Newly diagnosed individuals with type 2 diabetes in 2018 were identified using a validated method. Sociodemographic and historical health data were used to identify a matched control group. Individuals were followed for two years before and one year after the date of diagnosis using. Three cost components w

SUBMITTER: Fredslund EK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11823369 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature