High Out-of-pocket Health Care Cost Burden Among Medicare Beneficiaries With Diabetes, 1999-2017.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We examined the magnitude of and trends in the burden of out-of-pocket (OOP) costs among Medicare beneficiaries age 65 years or older with diabetes overall, by income level, by race/ethnicity, and compared with beneficiaries without diabetes.

Research design and methods

Using data from the 1999-2017 Medicare Current Beneficiary Survey, we estimated average annual per capita OOP costs and percentage of beneficiaries experiencing high OOP burden, defined as OOP costs >10% or >20% of household income. We used joinpoint regression to examine the trends and generalized linear model and logistic regression for comparisons between beneficiaries with and without diabetes. Cost and income estimates were adjusted to 2017 USD.

Results

Total OOP costs were $3,609-$5,283

SUBMITTER: Park J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8376067 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature