Healthcare costs of diabetic foot disease in Italy: estimates for event and state costs

Chiara Seghieri, Francesca Ferrè (), Elisa Foresi and Alice Borghini
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Chiara Seghieri: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Francesca Ferrè: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Elisa Foresi: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna
Alice Borghini: Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna

The European Journal of Health Economics, 2023, vol. 24, issue 2, No 3, 169-177

Abstract: Abstract Objective This study aimed to estimate healthcare costs of diabetic foot disease (DFD) in a large population-based cohort of people with type-2 diabetes (T2D) in the Tuscany region (Italy). Data sources/study setting Administrative healthcare data of Tuscany region, with 2018 as the base year. Study design Retrospective study assessing a longitudinal cohort of patients with T2D. Data collection/extraction methods Using administrative healthcare data, DFD were identified using the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, Clinical Modification codes. Methods We examined the annual healthcare costs of these clinical problems in patients with T2D between 2015 and 2018; moreover, we used a generalized linear model to estimate the total healthcare costs. Principal findings Between 2015 and 2018, patients with T2D experiencing DFD showed significantly higher average direct costs than patients with T2D without DFD (p

Keywords: Diabetes; Foot disease; Direct care costs; Population-based study; Tuscany (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I1 I18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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