The impact of diabetes-related complications on healthcare costs: results from the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS Study No. 65).

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AIMS: To develop a model for estimating the immediate and long-term healthcare costs associated with seven diabetes-related complications in patients with Type 2 diabetes participating in the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS). METHODS: The costs associated with some major complications were estimated using data on 5102 UKPDS patients (mean age 52.4 years at diagnosis). In-patient and out-patient costs were estimated using multiple regression analysis based on costs calculated from the len...

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Authors: Clarke, P; Gray, A; Legood, R; Briggs, A; Holman, R

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association
• Volume: 20
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 442-450
• Publication date: 2003-06-01
• DOI: 10.1046/j.1464-5491.2003.00972.x
• EISSN: 1464-5491
• ISSN: 0742-3071
• Language: English
• Keywords: Middle Aged; Prospective Studies; Health Care Costs; Coronary Disease; Male; Great Britain; Hospitalization; Ambulatory Care; Stroke; Myocardial Infarction; Diabetic Angiopathies; Amputation; Blindness; Female; Cataract Extraction; Models, Economic; Humans; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2