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Estimating the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using population level pharmacy claims data: a cross-sectional study
OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using a national pharmacy claims database. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We used data from the Health Service Executive-Primary Care Reimbursement Service database in Ireland for this cross-sectional study. Prevalent cases of type...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5253438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28123753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000288 |
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author | Sinnott, Sarah-Jo McHugh, Sheena Whelton, Helen Layte, Richard Barron, Steve Kearney, Patricia M |
author_facet | Sinnott, Sarah-Jo McHugh, Sheena Whelton, Helen Layte, Richard Barron, Steve Kearney, Patricia M |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using a national pharmacy claims database. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We used data from the Health Service Executive-Primary Care Reimbursement Service database in Ireland for this cross-sectional study. Prevalent cases of type 2 diabetes were individuals using an oral hypoglycemic agent, irrespective of insulin use, in 2012. Incident cases were individuals using an oral hypoglycemic agent in 2012 who had not used one in the past. Population level estimates were calculated and stratified by age and sex. RESULTS: In 2012, there were 114 957 prevalent cases of type 2 diabetes giving a population prevalence of 2.51% (95% CI 2.49% to 2.52%). Among adults (≥15yrs), this was 3.16% (95% CI 3.15% to 3.18%). The highest prevalence was in those aged 70+ years (12.1%). 21 574 people developed type 2 diabetes in 2012 giving an overall incidence of 0.48% (95% CI 0.48% to 0.49%). In adults, this was 0.60% (95% CI 0.60% to 0.61%). Incidence rose with age to a maximum of 2.08% (95% CI 2.02% to 2.15%) in people aged 65–69 years. Men had a higher prevalence (2.96% vs 2.04%) and incidence (0.54% vs 0.41%) of type 2 diabetes than women. CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacy claims data allow estimates of objectively defined type 2 diabetes at the population level using up-to-date data. These estimates can be generated quickly to inform health service planning or to evaluate the impact of population level interventions. |
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spelling | pubmed-52534382017-01-25 Estimating the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using population level pharmacy claims data: a cross-sectional study Sinnott, Sarah-Jo McHugh, Sheena Whelton, Helen Layte, Richard Barron, Steve Kearney, Patricia M BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care Epidemiology/Health Services Research OBJECTIVE: To estimate the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using a national pharmacy claims database. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We used data from the Health Service Executive-Primary Care Reimbursement Service database in Ireland for this cross-sectional study. Prevalent cases of type 2 diabetes were individuals using an oral hypoglycemic agent, irrespective of insulin use, in 2012. Incident cases were individuals using an oral hypoglycemic agent in 2012 who had not used one in the past. Population level estimates were calculated and stratified by age and sex. RESULTS: In 2012, there were 114 957 prevalent cases of type 2 diabetes giving a population prevalence of 2.51% (95% CI 2.49% to 2.52%). Among adults (≥15yrs), this was 3.16% (95% CI 3.15% to 3.18%). The highest prevalence was in those aged 70+ years (12.1%). 21 574 people developed type 2 diabetes in 2012 giving an overall incidence of 0.48% (95% CI 0.48% to 0.49%). In adults, this was 0.60% (95% CI 0.60% to 0.61%). Incidence rose with age to a maximum of 2.08% (95% CI 2.02% to 2.15%) in people aged 65–69 years. Men had a higher prevalence (2.96% vs 2.04%) and incidence (0.54% vs 0.41%) of type 2 diabetes than women. CONCLUSIONS: Pharmacy claims data allow estimates of objectively defined type 2 diabetes at the population level using up-to-date data. These estimates can be generated quickly to inform health service planning or to evaluate the impact of population level interventions. BMJ Publishing Group 2017-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC5253438/ /pubmed/28123753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000288 Text en Published by the BMJ Publishing Group Limited. For permission to use (where not already granted under a licence) please go to http://www.bmj.com/company/products-services/rights-and-licensing/ This is an Open Access article distributed in accordance with the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY 4.0) license, which permits others to distribute, remix, adapt and build upon this work, for commercial use, provided the original work is properly cited. See: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ |
spellingShingle | Epidemiology/Health Services Research Sinnott, Sarah-Jo McHugh, Sheena Whelton, Helen Layte, Richard Barron, Steve Kearney, Patricia M Estimating the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using population level pharmacy claims data: a cross-sectional study |
title | Estimating the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using population level pharmacy claims data: a cross-sectional study |
title_full | Estimating the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using population level pharmacy claims data: a cross-sectional study |
title_fullStr | Estimating the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using population level pharmacy claims data: a cross-sectional study |
title_full_unstemmed | Estimating the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using population level pharmacy claims data: a cross-sectional study |
title_short | Estimating the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using population level pharmacy claims data: a cross-sectional study |
title_sort | estimating the prevalence and incidence of type 2 diabetes using population level pharmacy claims data: a cross-sectional study |
topic | Epidemiology/Health Services Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5253438/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28123753 http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjdrc-2016-000288 |
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