Comorbidity and Its Relationship with Health Service Use and Cost in Community-Living Older Adults with Diabetes: A Population-Based Study in Ontario Canada

Highlights • Comorbidity in older adults with diabetes drives health service use and costs. • Comorbidity is consistently linked to higher use but age impact is service specific. • Multiple chronic conditions lens important in planning diabetes treatment programs.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Diabetes research and clinical practice 2016-12, Vol.122, p.113-123
Hauptverfasser:	Kathryn, Fisher, Lauren, Griffith, Andrea, Gruneir, Dilzayn, Panjwani, Sima, Gandhi, (Lisa), Sheng Li, Amiram, Gafni, Patterson, Chris, Maureen, Markle-Reid, Jenny, Ploeg
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Community Health Services - economics Community-living older adults Comorbidity Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus - epidemiology Diabetes Mellitus - therapy Endocrinology & Metabolism Female Follow-Up Studies Health Care Costs - trends Health service costs Health service utilization Health Services - utilization Humans Male Middle Aged Multimorbidity Ontario - epidemiology Population Surveillance Retrospective Studies
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • Comorbidity in older adults with diabetes drives health service use and costs. • Comorbidity is consistently linked to higher use but age impact is service specific. • Multiple chronic conditions lens important in planning diabetes treatment programs.
ISSN:	0168-8227 1872-8227
DOI:	10.1016/j.diabres.2016.10.009