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- Title
Diabetes, healthcare cost and loss of productivity in Sweden 1987 and 2005—a register-based approach.
- Authors
Bolin, K.; Gip, C.; Mörk, A.-C.; Lindgren, B.
- Abstract
Aim The aim of this study was to estimate healthcare cost and productivity losses as a result of diabetes and diabetes-related chronic complications in Sweden in 1987 and 2005. Research design and methods Published estimates on relative risks and Swedish age-specific diabetes-prevalence rates were used to calculate the proportions of diabetes-related chronic complications that are attributable to diabetes. These attributable risks were applied to cost estimates for diabetes-related chronic complications based on data from Swedish population registers. Results The estimated total costs for Sweden in 1987 and 2005 were EUR439m and EUR920m, respectively. The increase of 110% was as a result of a 69% increase in the estimated prevalence from 150 000 (1.8% of the population) to 254 000 (2.8%) and of an increase in the estimated annual cost per person diagnosed with diabetes by 24%. Healthcare accounted for 45% of the estimated cost in 1987 and for 37% in 2005. The estimated diabetes-related healthcare cost accounted for approximately 1.0% of total healthcare cost in Sweden in 1987 and for 1.4% in 2005. Diabetes per se accounted for 57% of the healthcare cost in 1987 and for 50% in 2005. The most important chronic complication was cardiovascular disease. Conclusions The cost of diabetes is substantial and increasing even in a fairly low-prevalence country such as Sweden. Measures to curb the increase in prevalence and to improve individual control of his or her diabetes seem to be the most important challenges.
- Subjects
SWEDEN; MEDICAL care costs; DIABETES complications; CARDIOVASCULAR diseases; REGISTER-based statistics
- Publication
Diabetic Medicine, 2009, Vol 26, Issue 9, p928
- ISSN
0742-3071
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02786.x