Per capita health care spending on diabetes: 2009-2013

Per capita health care spending on diabetes: 2009-2013

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Series Title(s):
Issue brief (Health Care Cost Institute)
Author(s):
Shakiba, Patrick, author
Frost, Amanda, author
Contributor(s):
Health Care Cost Institute, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC, : Health Care Cost Institute, May 2015
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Cost of Illness
Diabetes Mellitus -- economics
Health Expenditures -- statistics & numerical data
Health Expenditures -- trends
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Diabetes is a costly chronic condition in the United States, medical costs and productivity loss attributable to diabetes were estimated to be $245 billion in 2012.1 In this issue brief, for individuals covered by employer-sponsored insurance (ESI) and younger than age 65, per capita spending for people with a diagnosis of diabetes was compared to those without a diagnosis for the years 2009 through 2013. During that period, spending for individuals with diabetes increased by roughly $1,000 to about $15,000 per capita. The average per capita spending difference between people with and without diabetes was $10,310 (Figure 1). Additionally, during this period, people with diabetes spent on average 2.5 times more out of pocket than people without diabetes. Among individuals with diabetes, children (ages 0 through 18) and pre-Medicare adults (ages 55 through 64) were the two groups with the highest per capita health care spending in every year of the study period.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (12 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
101711633 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101711633