Comorbidity Type and Health Care Costs in Type 2 Diabetes: A Retrospective Claims Database Analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Previous studies suggest that the type and combination of comorbidities may impact diabetes care, but their cost implications are less clear. This study characterized how diabetes patients' health care utilization and costs may vary according to comorbidity type classified on the basis of the Piette and Kerr framework.

Methods

We conducted a retrospective observational study of privately insured US adults newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes (n = 138,466) using the 2014-2016 Optum Clinformatics^® Data Mart. Diabetes patients were classified into five mutually exclusive comorbidity groups: concordant only, discordant only, both concordant and discordant, any dominant, and none. We estimated average health care costs of each comorbidity group by using ge

SUBMITTER: Lin PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6167298 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature