Epidemiologic and Cost Trends in Diabetes in Saskatchewan, 1991 To 2001

Institute of Health Economics Working Paper WP 05-06.

The purpose of this study was to analyze epidemiologic and cost trends from 1991 to 2001 in the province of Saskatchewan for a cohort of individuals identified as having diabetes and for a randomly selected control cohort. The objectives were to:

1. explore epidemiologic trends (i.e., prevalence, incidence and mortality) in diabetes from 1991 to 2001, overall and according to registered Indians and non-registered Indian status;
2. estimate the direct medical costs of health care for individuals with and without diabetes each year in five categories: physician services, prescriptions, hospitalizations, day surgeries and dialysis;
3. estimate the total annual medical expenditures across the resource categories for people with diabetes in the province of Saskatchewan for the years 1991 to 2001;
4. compare patterns of resource utilization in Saskatchewan from 1991 to 2001 between individuals with and without diabetes, identified as registered Indians and non-registered Indians; and,
5. compare heath care costs and utilization patterns before and after identification of diabetes each year.

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