Medical Costs Associated With Diabetes Complications in Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65 Years or Older With Type 1 Diabetes
Authors' conclusion
Costs of diabetes complications were large and varied by complications. Our results can assist in cost-effectiveness analysis of treatments and interventions for preventing or delaying diabetes complications in Medicare beneficiaries aged ≥65 years with type 1 diabetes.
Study context
- Population
- Medicare fee-for-service and Part D beneficiaries aged ≥65 years with T1Dfollow-up 3 to 10 years
- Participants
- 114,879 participants
- Outcome
- Annual medical costs associated with 17 diabetes complications and treatment procedures (2017 U.S. dollars)
- Follow-up
- Complication occurrence year and subsequent years
Methodological details2006-2017 100% Medicare claims database, fixed-effects regression
- 2006-2017 100% Medicare claims database
- Fixed-effects regression
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Costliest complications per person (occurrence year; subsequent years)
- Kidney failure treated by transplant, occurrence year
- $77,809
- Kidney failure treated by transplant, subsequent years
- $13,556
- Kidney failure treated by dialysis, occurrence year
- $56,469
- Kidney failure treated by dialysis, subsequent years
- $41,429
- Neuropathy treated by lower-extremity amputation, occurrence year
- $40,698
- Neuropathy treated by lower-extremity amputation, subsequent years
- $7,380
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Share of total medical cost for diabetes complications due to congestive HF
- Congestive HF share of total complication cost
- 16%
Original publication
Medical Costs Associated With Diabetes Complications in Medicare Beneficiaries Aged 65 Years or Older With Type 1 Diabetes. Diabetes Care. Published 18 November 2022. doi:10.
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