Beatriz Rodríguez-Sánchez1, Viola Angelini2, Talitha Feenstra3, Rob J M Alessie2. 1. Department of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. Electronic address: b.rodriguez.sanchez@rug.nl. 2. Department of Economics, Econometrics, and Finance, Faculty of Economics and Business, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands. 3. Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Centrum of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To identify the main factors associated with the use of nursing home facilities and to calculate their costs among older people with diabetes in Europe. METHODS: The sample included 48,464 individuals aged 50 years and older in 12 European countries participating in the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe study from 2004 to 2010. Cost data were obtained from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Bank. Logit regressions were used to assess the impact of diabetes, comorbidities, and functional status on the frequency of nursing home admission. Etiologic fractions were calculated to obtain the nursing home costs attributable to diabetes and its clinical and functional complications. RESULTS: Diabetes is a predictor for institutionalization. When adjusted for clinical and functional complications, impairment of physical function [mild: odds ratio (OR) 3.27; 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.60-4.19; moderate: OR 8.48, 95% CI 6.02-13.09; severe: OR 12.53, 95% CI 8.03-19.98] and cognition (OR 2.00, 95% CI 1.60-2.68), as well as stroke (OR 2.08, 95% CI 1.61-2.80) showed the strongest association with increased risk of institutionalization. Moreover, this relationship between diabetes, function, and cost was age-dependent, increasing as people get older. Total average nursing home costs incurred by patients with diabetes reached nearly US $13/capita, ranging between countries from US $61 to $0.5. Diabetes-related complications accounted for one-third of these costs (US $4) and, of these, 78% resulted from functional impairment. CONCLUSIONS: Diabetes is associated with higher risk of institutionalization even after adjusting for complications. Among them, functional impairment explains the major part of the association between diabetes and nursing home admission and leads to increasing costs.
OBJECTIVE: To identify the main factors associated with the use of nursing home facilities and to calculate their costs among older people with diabetes in Europe. METHODS: The sample included 48,464 individuals aged 50 years and older in 12 European countries participating in the Survey of Health, Aging, and Retirement in Europe study from 2004 to 2010. Cost data were obtained from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development and the World Bank. Logit regressions were used to assess the impact of diabetes, comorbidities, and functional status on the frequency of nursing home admission. Etiologic fractions were calculated to obtain the nursing home costs attributable to diabetes and its clinical and functional complications. RESULTS:Diabetes is a predictor for institutionalization. When adjusted for clinical and functional complications, impairment of physical function [mild: odds ratio (OR) 3.27; 95% confidence interval (CI) 2.60-4.19; moderate: OR 8.48, 95% CI 6.02-13.09; severe: OR 12.53, 95% CI 8.03-19.98] and cognition (OR 2.00, 95% CI 1.60-2.68), as well as stroke (OR 2.08, 95% CI 1.61-2.80) showed the strongest association with increased risk of institutionalization. Moreover, this relationship between diabetes, function, and cost was age-dependent, increasing as people get older. Total average nursing home costs incurred by patients with diabetes reached nearly US $13/capita, ranging between countries from US $61 to $0.5. Diabetes-related complications accounted for one-third of these costs (US $4) and, of these, 78% resulted from functional impairment. CONCLUSIONS:Diabetes is associated with higher risk of institutionalization even after adjusting for complications. Among them, functional impairment explains the major part of the association between diabetes and nursing home admission and leads to increasing costs.
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