Journal article
Event rates, hospital utilization, and costs associated with major complications of diabetes: A multicountry comparative analysis
PM Clarke, P Glasziou, A Patel, J Chalmers, M Woodward, SB Harrap, JA Salomon
Plos Medicine | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2010
Abstract
Background: Diabetes imposes a substantial burden globally in terms of premature mortality, morbidity, and health care costs. Estimates of economic outcomes associated with diabetes are essential inputs to policy analyses aimed at prevention and treatment of diabetes. Our objective was to estimate and compare event rates, hospital utilization, and costs associated with major diabetes-related complications in high-, middle-, and low-income countries. Methods and Findings: Incidence and history of diabetes-related complications, hospital admissions, and length of stay were recorded in 11,140 patients with type 2 diabetes participating in the Action in Diabetes and Vascular Disease (ADVANCE) st..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The ADVANCE study was supported by grants from Servier (the major financial sponsor) and the National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) of Australia (grant no. 211086 and 358395). Servier manufactures gliclazide (modified release) and the fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide. This work was also partly funded through an NHMRC Project Grant (512463) and PMC was funded from an Australian NHMRC Career Development Award (571122). JAS's participation in the study was assisted by a University of Sydney Visiting Fellowship. The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.