Diabetes-Attributable Nursing Home Costs for Each U.S. State.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the diabetes-attributable nursing home costs for each state.

Research design and methods

We used a diabetes-attributable fraction (AF) approach to estimate nursing home costs attributable to diabetes (in 2013 dollars) in aggregate and per person with diabetes in each state. We calculated the AFs as the difference in diabetes prevalence between nursing homes and the community. We used the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services 2013-2015 Minimum Data Set to estimate the prevalence of diabetes in nursing homes and to adjust for the intensity of care among people with diabetes in nursing homes. Community prevalence was estimated using the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). State nursing home expenditures were from the 2013 State Health Ex

SUBMITTER: Neuwahl SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8851605 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature