Pain-related health care costs for long-term care residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

We tested for differences in direct health care costs among long-term care (LTC) residents age 65 and older with clinically significant pain (CSP) and with no pain or non-daily mild pain (NP/NDMP). We are not aware of any other large scale investigation that examined the cost of pain in LTC environments.

Methods

Population-based administrative health data from Saskatchewan, Canada for 2004 to 2015 were used to compare direct health care costs for CSP and NP/NDMP groups up to one year after admission to LTC. Total accumulated costs for hospitalization, physician services, LTC, and prescription drugs were calculated in 2015 Canadian dollars. Group differences were tested using generalized linear models with generalized estimating equations.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Guliani H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8515764 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature