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Diabetes Prevalence and Incidence Among Medicare Beneficiaries — United States, 2001–2015
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November 01 2019
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Source: MMWR Morbidity Mortal Weekly Rep. 68(43):961-966
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Journal Article:Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR)
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Description:Diabetes affects approximately 12% of the U.S. adult population and approximately 25% of adults aged ≥65 years. From 2009 to 2017, there was no significant change in diabetes prevalence overall or among persons aged 65-79 years (1). However, these estimates were based on survey data with <5,000 older adults. Medicare administrative data sets, which contain claims for millions of older adults, afford an opportunity to explore both Trends over time and heterogeneity within an older population. Previous studies have shown that claims data can be used to identify persons with diagnosed diabetes (2). This study estimated annual prevalence and incidence of diabetes during 2001-2015 using Medicare claims data for beneficiaries aged ≥68 years and found that prevalence plateaued after 2012 and incidence decreased after 2006. In 2015 (the most recent year estimated) prevalence was 31.6%, and incidence was 3.0%. Medicare claims can serve as an important source of data for diabetes Surveillance for the older population, which can inform Prevention and treatment strategies.
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ISSN:0149-2195 (print);1545-861X (digital);
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Pubmed ID:31671084
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC6822811
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Pages in Document:6 pdf pages
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Volume:68
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Issue:43
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