Identifying and delineating the type 2 diabetes population in the Netherlands using an all-payer claims database: characteristics, healthcare utilisation and expenditures.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to identify and delineate the Dutch type 2 diabetes population and the distribution of healthcare utilisation and expenditures across the health system from 2016 to 2018 using an all-payer claims database.

Design

Retrospective observational cohort study based on an all-payer claims database of the Dutch population.

Setting

The Netherlands.

Participants

The whole Dutch type 2 diabetes population (n=900 522 in 2018), determined based on bundled payment codes for integrated diabetes care and medication use indicating type 2 diabetes.

Outcome measures

Annual prevalence of type 2 diabetes, comorbidities and characteristics of the type 2 diabetes population, as well as the distribution of healthcare utilisation and expenditures were analyse

SUBMITTER: Geurten RJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8655569 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature