Association of Multimorbidity on Healthcare Expenditures Among Older United States Adults With Pain.
J Aging Health
; 33(9): 741-750, 2021 10.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-33881371
ABSTRACT
Objectives:
This cross-sectional study compared the healthcare expenditures associated with multimorbidity (having ≥2 chronic conditions) versus no multimorbidity among older United States (US) adults (aged ≥ 50 years) with self-reported pain in the past 4 weeks.Methods:
This research used data from the 2018 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey. Adjusted linear regression models evaluated group differences in various annual healthcare expenditures.Results:
Descriptive statistics indicated multimorbidity was associated with all personal characteristics (p < 0.05) except gender and smoking status (p > 0.05). Multimorbidity had 75.8% greater annual total health expenditures (p = 0.0083), 40.6% greater office-based expenditures (p = 0.0224), 100.6% greater prescription medication costs, (p = 0.0268), yet 47.3% lower inpatient expenditures (p = 0.0158), and 56.6% lower home healthcare expenditures (p < 0.0001) than no multimorbidity.Discussion:
This study found greater healthcare expenditures among older US adults with pain and multimorbidity, which captures the financial burden of comorbidity in this population.Key words
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Health Expenditures
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Multimorbidity
Type of study:
Health_economic_evaluation
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Humans
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
J Aging Health
Journal subject:
GERIATRIA
Year:
2021
Document type:
Article
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