Prevalence and treatment costs of type 2 diabetes in Germany and the effects of social and demographical differences

D. Sittig (), H. Friedel and Juergen Wasem

The European Journal of Health Economics, 2015, vol. 16, issue 3, 305-311

Abstract: Treatment costs for type 2 diabetes account for a substantial amount of the expenses for statutory health care funds. Within a study sample of the year 2005, 6.8 % of the insured were being treated for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Compared to the non-diabetic insured in the sample, patients included more males and older persons. Employed diabetics also showed lower mean gross salary when compared to the non-diabetic employed of the sample. In 2007, their mean costs for in- and outpatient care and drug prescriptions amounted to 2,622 Euros per patient. The impacts of social and demographical patient characteristics on total treatment costs were measured with a multiple linear regression model, controlling for the hypoglycemic therapy of the patient. Here, the impact of age, gender and intensive insulin therapy became evident. A higher annual salary had a negative, yet non-significant, effect. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2015

Keywords: Type 2 diabetes mellitus; Pharmaceuticals; Social status; Multivariate cost analysis; I11; I14; G22 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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