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Objective <\/strong>\u2014 To examine whether neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) is a predictor of non-drug-related healthcare costs among Canadian adults with diabetes and, if so, whether SES disparities in costs are reduced after age 65 years, when universal drug coverage commences as an insurable benefit.<\/p>\n

Research Design and Methods<\/strong> \u2014 Administrative health databases were used to examine publicly funded healthcare expenditures among 698,113 younger (20\u201364 years) and older (\u226565 years) adults with diabetes in Ontario from April 2004 to March 2014. Generalized linear models were constructed to examine relative and absolute differences in healthcare costs (total and non-drug-related costs) across neighborhood SES quintiles, by age, with adjustment for differences in age, sex, diabetes duration, and comorbidity.<\/p>\n

Results <\/strong>\u2014 Unadjusted costs per person-year in the lowest (Q1) versus highest (Q5) SES quintile were 39% higher among younger adults ($5,954 vs. $4,270 [Canadian dollars]) but only 9% higher among older adults ($10,917 vs. $9,993). Adjusted nondrug costs (primarily for hospitalizations and physician visits) were $1,569 per person-year higher among younger adults in quartile (Q)1 vs. Q5 (modeled relative cost difference: 35.7% higher) and $139.3 million per year among all individuals in Q1. Scenarios in which these excess costs per person-year were decreased by \u226510% or matched the relative difference among seniors suggested a potential for savings in the range of $26.0\u2013$128.2 million per year among all lower-SES adults under age 65 years (Q1\u2013Q4).<\/p>\n

Conclusions <\/strong>\u2014 SES is a predictor of diabetes-related healthcare costs in our setting, more so among adults under age 65 years, a group that lacks universal drug coverage under Ontario\u2019s healthcare system. Non-drug-related healthcare costs were more than one-third higher in younger, low-SES adults, translating to >$1 billion more in healthcare expenditures over 10 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Objective \u2014 To examine whether neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) is a predictor of non-drug-related healthcare costs among Canadian adults with diabetes and, if so, whether SES disparities in costs are reduced after age 65 years, when universal drug coverage commences as an insurable benefit. Research Design and Methods \u2014 Administrative health databases were used to […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","migration-helper-automated":[],"migration-manual":[],"topic":[],"migration-helper-qa-sample-set":[],"class_list":["post-2873","journal_article","type-journal_article","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"citation":"Isaranuwatchai W, Fazli GS, Bierman AS, Lipscombe LL, Mitsakakis; N, Shah BR, Wu CF, Johns A, Booth GL. Diabetes Care<\/em>. 2020; 43(9):2098-105. Epub 2020 Jul 8.","source_url":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2337\/dc19-1536","ices_scientist":[1175,1361,1295,17627],"site":[6733],"research_program":[6746],"news_release":"","journal_article":"","atlas":"","research_report":"","infographic":"","video":"","downloads":null,"links":null,"sitecore_item_id":"38545A3F-037C-4096-9D00-9083976FCD75","sitecore_item_name":"Universal-drug-coverage-and-socioeconomic-disparities-in-health-care-costs-among-persons","sitecore_field_values":"{\n \"Title\": \"Universal drug coverage and socioeconomic disparities in healthcare costs among persons with diabetes\",\n \"Short title\": \"Universal drug coverage and\",\n \"Summary\": \"This study examined whether neighborhood socioeconomic status is a predictor of non-drug-related healthcare costs among Canadian adults with diabetes.\",\n \"Citation\": \"

Isaranuwatchai W, Fazli GS, Bierman AS, Lipscombe LL, Mitsakakis; N, Shah BR, Wu CF, Johns A, Booth GL. Diabetes Care<\/em>. 2020; 43(9):2098-105. Epub 2020 Jul 8. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.2337\/dc19-1536<\/a><\/p>\",\n \"Abstract\": \"

Objective <\/strong>— To examine whether neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) is a predictor of non-drug-related healthcare costs among Canadian adults with diabetes and, if so, whether SES disparities in costs are reduced after age 65 years, when universal drug coverage commences as an insurable benefit.<\/p>n

Research Design and Methods<\/span> — Administrative health databases were used to examine publicly funded healthcare expenditures among 698,113 younger (20–64 years) and older (≥65 years) adults with diabetes in Ontario from April 2004 to March 2014. Generalized linear models were constructed to examine relative and absolute differences in healthcare costs (total and non-drug-related costs) across neighborhood SES quintiles, by age, with adjustment for differences in age, sex, diabetes duration, and comorbidity.<\/p>n

Results <\/strong>— Unadjusted costs per person-year in the lowest (Q1) versus highest (Q5) SES quintile were 39% higher among younger adults ($5,954 vs. $4,270 [Canadian dollars]) but only 9% higher among older adults ($10,917 vs. $9,993). Adjusted nondrug costs (primarily for hospitalizations and physician visits) were $1,569 per person-year higher among younger adults in quartile (Q)1 vs. Q5 (modeled relative cost difference: 35.7% higher) and $139.3 million per year among all individuals in Q1. Scenarios in which these excess costs per person-year were decreased by ≥10% or matched the relative difference among seniors suggested a potential for savings in the range of $26.0–$128.2 million per year among all lower-SES adults under age 65 years (Q1–Q4).<\/p>n

Conclusions <\/strong>— SES is a predictor of diabetes-related healthcare costs in our setting, more so among adults under age 65 years, a group that lacks universal drug coverage under Ontario’s healthcare system. 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