Utilization Patterns and Outcomes of People With Diabetes and COVID-19: Evidence From United States Medicare Beneficiaries in 2020

Determine differences in utilization patterns, disease severity, and outcomes between patients with and without diabetes mellitus diagnosed with COVID-19 in 2020. We used an observational cohort comprised of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with a medical claim indicating a COVID-19 diagnosis....

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Veröffentlicht in:	Frontiers in clinical diabetes and healthcare (online) 2022-07, Vol.3, p.920478-920478
Hauptverfasser:	Austin, Andrea M, Leggett, Christopher G, Schmidt, Peter, Bolin, Paul, Nelson, Eugene C, Oliver, Brant J, King, Ashleigh C
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare COVID-19 diabetes medicare public health utilization
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Zusammenfassung:	Determine differences in utilization patterns, disease severity, and outcomes between patients with and without diabetes mellitus diagnosed with COVID-19 in 2020. We used an observational cohort comprised of Medicare fee-for-service beneficiaries with a medical claim indicating a COVID-19 diagnosis. We performed inverse probability weighting between beneficiaries with and without diabetes to account for differences in socio-demographic characteristics and comorbidities. In the unweighted comparison of beneficiaries, all characteristics were significantly different (P
ISSN:	2673-6616 2673-6616
DOI:	10.3389/fcdhc.2022.920478