Inequalities in healthcare utilisation among adults with type 2 diabetes
Authors' conclusion
This study provides circumstantial evidence that co-payment can increase inequality in health care attendance, especially for dental attendance, and it further shows that there is significant sociodemographic inequality in healthcare utilisation among people with type 2 diabetes.
Study context
- Population
- People with T2D resident in the Central Denmark Region in 2019, identified through Danish registers using a prespecified diabetes algorithm
- Participants
- 41,181 people
- Outcome
- Attendance at dentist, ophthalmologist and podiatrist
- Follow-up
- Preceding year
Methodological detailsregister-based, multiple logistic regression adjusted for sociodemographic and clinical factors
- Register-based
- Multiple logistic regression adjusted for sociodemographic and clinical factors
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Attendance at least once in the preceding year
Ophthalmologist attendance
59.7 %
Dentist/dental hygienist attendance
46.5 %
Podiatrist attendance
34.2 %
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Determinants of attendance
- Disposable household income increased attendance significantly, with a clear gradient in the OR of attending the dentist
- P < 0.001
- Age significantly magnified the OR of podiatrist and ophthalmologist attendance
- P < 0.001
Original publication
Inequalities in healthcare utilisation among adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Res Clin Pract. Published 25 October 2023. doi:10.
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