Estimating the disease burden of Korean type 2 diabetes mellitus patients considering its complications.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The burden of diabetes is considerable not only globally but also nationally within Korea. The Global Burden of Disease study derived the disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) of diabetes depending on its complications as individual severity using prevalence-based approach from 2017. Conversely, the Korean National Burden of Disease study based on an incidence-based approach does not incorporate the severity of diseases. This study aimed to simulate incidence-based DALYs of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), given diabetic complications as disease severity using a Markov model.

Methods

We developed a model with six Markov states, including incident and existing prevalent cases of diabetes and its complications and death. We assumed that diabetes and its complicatio

SUBMITTER: Kim J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870056 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature