Health Care Utilization and Expenditures of Patients with Diabetes Comorbid with Depression Disorder: A National Population-Based Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The study investigated to compare health care utilization and expenditures between diabetic patients with and without depression in Taiwan.

Methods

Health care utilization and expenditure among diabetic patients with and without depression disorder during 2000 and 2004 were examined using Taiwan's population-based National Health Insurance claims database. Health care utilization included outpatient visits and the use of inpatient services, and health expenditures were outpatient, inpatient, and total medical expenditures. Moreover, general estimation equation models were used for analyzing the factors associated with outpatient visits and expenditures. Multiple logistic regression analysis was applied for identifying the factors associated with hospitalization.

SUBMITTER: Huang CJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5714718 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature