The public economic burden of suboptimal type 2 diabetes control upon taxpayers in Sweden: Looking beyond health costs.

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To estimate the fiscal burden for taxpayers in Sweden associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D) attributed to diabetes-related complications in patients failing to meet HbA1c targets.

Material and methods

We developed a public economic framework to assess how changes in diabetes-related complications influenced projected tax contributions and government disability payments for people with T2D. The analysis applied accepted disease-modelling practices to estimate different rates of diabetes-related complications based on an HbA1c of 6.9% (52 mmol/mol) and of 6.0% (42 mmol/mol). We adjusted the employment activity rates for those experiencing T2D-related events, applying age-specific earnings to estimate lifetime tax losses. Furthermore, the likelihood of receiving payments fo

SUBMITTER: Kotsopoulos N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9313875 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature