Trends in Medical Expenditures by Race/Ethnicity in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes 2002-2011.

Autor:	Dawson AZ; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA., Bishu KG; Section of Health Systems Research and Policy, College of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA., Walker RJ; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA., Egede LE; Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA; Center for Advancing Population Science, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA. Electronic address: legede@mcw.edu.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Journal of the National Medical Association [J Natl Med Assoc] 2021 Feb; Vol. 113 (1), pp. 59-68. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 Aug 06.
DOI:	10.1016/j.jnma.2020.07.008
Abstrakt:	Objective: The objective of the study was to examine racial/ethnic differences in medical expenditures (prescription, office-based, in-patient, out-patient, emergency room, total) over time, overall and by type of expenditure, in a nationally representative sample of adults with diabetes. Methods: A weighted sample of 17,820,243 adults aged ≥18 with diabetes from the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) dataset from 2002 to 2011 were analyzed for this study. Multiple comparison testing and general linear model (GLM) were used to test for differences in expenditures by race. Total unadjusted expenditures by racial/ethnic category stratified by different insurance categories (privately insured, publicly insured, uninsured and overall) were also estimated. Results: Non-Hispanic Whites (NHW) had more than $4000 higher expenditures than Hispanics and Other races (p < 0.0001). Prescription costs were about $410 less for Non-Hispanic Blacks (NHB) (p < 0.0001), and more than $600 less for Hispanics (p < 0.0001) and Others (p < 0.0001) compared to NHW. Conclusion: Minority groups with type 2 diabetes were found to have significantly less total expenditures, with the exception of total expenditures for NHB compared to NHW. These findings indicate minorities with type 2 diabetes may be receiving less care than NHW, which has implications for the known disparities in health outcomes and complications in individuals with diabetes. (Copyright © 2020 National Medical Association. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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