Factors Contributing to Increases in Diabetes-Related Preventable Hospitalization Costs Among U.S. Adults During 2001–2014

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• Alternative Title:
  Diabetes Care
• Personal Author:
  Shrestha, Sundar S. ; Zhang, Ping ; Hora, Israel ; Geiss, Linda S. ; Luman, Elizabeth T. ; Gregg, Edward W.
• Description:
  OBJECTIVE
  
  To examine changes in diabetes-related preventable hospitalization costs and to determine the contribution of each underlying factor to these changes.
  
  RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS
  
  We used data from the 2001–2014 U.S. National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS) for adults (≥18 years old) to estimate the trends in hospitalization costs (2014 USD) in total and by condition (short-term complications, long-term complications, uncontrolled diabetes, and lower-extremity amputation). Using regression and growth models, we estimated the relative contribution of following underlying factors: total number of hospitalizations, rate of hospitalization, the number of people with diabetes, mean cost per admission, length of stay, and cost per day.
  
  RESULTS
  
  During 2001–2014, the estimated total cost of diabetes-related preventable hospitalizations increased annually by 1.6% (92.9 million USD; P < 0.001). Of this 1.6% increase, 75% (1.2%) was due to the increase in the number of hospitalizations, which is a result of a 3.8% increase in diabetes population and a 2.6% decrease in the hospitalization rate, and 25% (0.4%) was due to the increase in cost per admission, for a net result of a 1.6% increase in cost per day and a 1.3% decline in mean length of stay. By component, the cost of short-term complications, lower-extremity amputations, and long-term complications increased annually by 4.2, 1.9, and 1.5%, respectively, while the cost of uncontrolled diabetes declined annually by 2.6%.
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  
  The total cost of diabetes-related preventable hospitalizations had been increasing during 2001–2014, mainly resulting from increases in number of people with diabetes and cost per hospitalization day. The underlying factors identified in our study could lead to efforts that may lower future hospitalization costs.
• Subjects:
  • Article
  • Adult
  • Amputation
  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Hospital Costs
  • Hospitalization
  • Humans
  • Inpatients
  • Length of Stay
  • United States
• Source:
  Diabetes Care. 42(1):77-84
• Pubmed ID:
  30455326
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC9344785
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  CC999999/ImCDC/Intramural CDC HHSUnited States/
• Volume:
  42
• Issue:
  1
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/119853/cdc_119853_DS1.pdf
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  [PDF - 1002.69 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:c5ac02ee2166fe612d90f232289bfad8de0fab11b02c17f1daa0116912c47275