Depression and risk of hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions in patients with diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hospitalizations for ambulatory care-sensitive conditions (ACSCs), conditions that should not require inpatient treatment if timely and appropriate ambulatory care is provided, may be an important contributor to rising healthcare costs and public health burden.

Objective

To examine if probable major depression is independently associated with hospitalization for an ACSC in patients with diabetes.

Design

Secondary analysis of data from a prospective cohort study.

Participants

Population-based cohort of 4,128 patients with diabetes ≥ 18 years old seen in primary care, who were enrolled between 2000 and 2002 and followed for 5 years (through 2007).

Main measures

Depressive symptoms were assessed with the Patient Health Questionnaire-9. Outcomes o

SUBMITTER: Davydow DS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3682035 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature