Chronic Diseases in High-Cost Users of Hospital, Primary Care, and Prescription Medication in the Capital Region of Denmark.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A small proportion of patients account for the majority of health care costs. This group is often referred to as high-cost users (HCU). A frequently described characteristic of HCU is chronic disease. Yet, there is a gap in understanding the economic burden of chronic diseases associated with HCU to different types of health care services.

Objective

To analyze which frequent chronic diseases have the strongest association with HCU overall, and HCU in hospital, primary care, and prescription medication.

Design

This is a register-based observational study on Danish health service costs for various diseases in different medical settings.

Participants

A total of 1,350,677 individuals aged ≥ 18 years living in the Capital Region of Denmark by 1 January 20

SUBMITTER: Toxværd CG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6848743 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature