Patient time costs due to self-management in diabetes may be as high as direct medical costs: results from the population-based KORA survey FF4 in Germany

A Icks; B Haastert; W Arend; J Konein; B Thorand; R Holle; M Laxy; M Schunk; A Neumann; J Wasem; N Chernyak; Ch-M Dintsios

doi:10.1111/dme.14210

Patient time costs due to self-management in diabetes may be as high as direct medical costs: results from the population-based KORA survey FF4 in Germany

Diabet Med. 2020 May;37(5):895-897. doi: 10.1111/dme.14210. Epub 2019 Dec 27.

Authors

A Icks^{1

2

3}, B Haastert^{1

4}, W Arend¹, J Konein¹, B Thorand^{3

5}, R Holle⁶, M Laxy^{6

7}, M Schunk⁵, A Neumann⁸, J Wasem⁸, N Chernyak^{1

2}, Ch-M Dintsios^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Health Services Research and Health Economics, Centre for Health and Society, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Düsseldorf, Germany.
² Institute for Health Services Research and Health Economics, German Diabetes Center at the Heinrich-Heine-University, Leibniz-Center for Diabetes Research, Düsseldorf, Germany.
³ German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.
⁴ mediStatistica, Neuenrade, Germany.
⁵ Institute of Epidemiology, Neuherberg, Germany.
⁶ Institute of Health Economics and Health Care Management, Helmholtz Centre Munich, German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany.
⁷ Global Diabetes Research Center, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
⁸ Institute for Health Care Management and Research, Essen University of Duisburg-Essen, Essen, Germany.

PMID: 31829456
DOI: 10.1111/dme.14210

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Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Cost of Illness*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / economics*
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / metabolism
Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / therapy
Female
Germany
Glycated Hemoglobin / metabolism
Health Expenditures*
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
Self-Management / economics*
Surveys and Questionnaires
Time Factors

Substances

Glycated Hemoglobin A
hemoglobin A1c protein, human

Publication types

MeSH terms

Substances

Grants and funding