Diabetes epidemics: inequalities increase the burden on the healthcare system
| العنوان: | Diabetes epidemics: inequalities increase the burden on the healthcare system |
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| المؤلفون: | Luis Rosero-Bixby, Melina Montero-López, Carolina Santamaría-Ulloa |
| المصدر: | Health Policy and Planning, 34(Supplement_2), ii45-ii55 Kérwá Universidad de Costa Rica instacron:UCR |
| سنة النشر: | 2019 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Costa Rica, Male, medicine.medical_specialty, Population, Sistemas de atención de la salud, Developing country, 030209 endocrinology & metabolism, Health Services Accessibility, Odds, 03 medical and health sciences, 0302 clinical medicine, Sex Factors, Ambulatory care, Health care, medicine, Diabetes Mellitus, Prevalence, Humans, 030212 general & internal medicine, Longitudinal Studies, Desigualdades, education, Epidemics, Preventive healthcare, Aged, education.field_of_study, Descriptive statistics, Primary Health Care, business.industry, Health Policy, Incidence (epidemiology), Diabetes, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Hospitalization, Socioeconomic Factors, Female, Morbidity, business, Demography |
| الوصف: | Diabetes is a major cause of morbidity and mortality and represents a source of demands on already constrained healthcare systems in Latin America and the Caribbean. We estimate inequalities in diabetes incidence, prevalence and mortality and assess the economic burden on the healthcare system in Costa Rica. The main source of data is the Costa Rican Longevity and Healthy Aging Study, a longitudinal nationally representative survey of the elderly population (n = 2827). Data analyses include descriptive statistics, multiple regression models and survival analysis models. More than a fifth of Costa Rican elderly experience diabetes. Incidence is estimated at 5 per 1000 person-years in the population 30+. Gender and geographical inequalities were found. Men have a significantly lower prevalence (16.51% vs 24.02%, P 0.05). Individuals living in the Metro Area have a significantly lower probability of being hospitalized (OR = 0.72, P |
| اللغة: | English |
| الوصول الحر: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_dedup___::03ec0eb652b33e2a66f1c4d09081ae37Test |
| حقوق: | OPEN |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi.dedup.....03ec0eb652b33e2a66f1c4d09081ae37 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
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