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. 2018 May 10;41(7):1423–1431. doi: 10.2337/dc17-1376

Table 2.

Drivers of changes in diabetes spending, 1996–2013

Total By type of care
By age (years)
By sex
Pharma Ambulatory Inpatient Nursing facility Emergency department <20 20–44 45–64 65+ Male Female
1996 spending (billion $) 36.9 (32.3 to 41.6) 13.9 (10.4 to 17.9) 10.4 (8.2 to 12.8) 4.7 (4.1 to 5.2) 7.8 (7.1 to 8.4) 0.2 (0.1 to 0.2) 0.9 (0.8 to 1.1) 4.2 (3.6 to 4.8) 14.6 (12.4 to 16.9) 17.2 (15.2 to 19.2) 16.4 (13.5 to 19.8) 20.5 (17.3 to 23.8)
2013 spending (billion $) 101.4 (96.7 to 106.5) 58.4 (54.5 to 62.9) 23.8 (22.0 to 26.0) 9.6 (8.6 to 11.0) 9.2 (8.1 to 10.3) 0.4 (0.3 to 0.5) 1.7 (1.4 to 1.9) 11.3 (10.4 to 12.5) 45.0 (42.3 to 47.6) 43.4 (40.9 to 46.0) 50.6 (47.0 to 54.6) 50.8 (46.3 to 54.0)
Change in spending measured in billions of dollars (1996–2013)
 Total 64.7 (58.0 to 71.0) 44.5 (38.7 to 49.7) 13.5 (10.6 to 16.3) 4.9 (3.7 to 6.7) 1.6 (0.7 to 2.5) 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3) 0.7 (0.6 to 0.9) 7.0 (5.9 to 8.3) 32.0 (28.6 to 35.4) 24.9 (21.8 to 28.1) 34.2 (29.3 to 38.9) 30.5 (25.5 to 34.9)
 Change in population size 10.9 (10.1 to 11.6) 5.4 (4.8 to 6.1) 2.7 (2.5 to 3.0) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.2) 1.5 (1.4 to 1.6) 0.0 (0.0 to 0.1) 0.2 (0.2 to 0.2) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.3) 4.7 (4.3 to 5.1) 4.8 (4.5 to 5.1) 5.1 (4.6 to 5.6) 5.8 (5.3 to 6.4)
 Change in population age 11.0 (10.1 to 11.9) 5.9 (5.2 to 6.6) 3.0 (2.7 to 3.4) 0.9 (0.8 to 0.9) 1.2 (1.1 to 1.4) 0.0 (0.0 to 0.0) −0.1 (−0.1 to −0.1) −1.5 (−1.7 to −1.4) 9.8 (8.9 to 10.6) 2.9 (2.7 to 3.1) 6.4 (5.7 to 7.1) 4.6 (4.1 to 5.2)
 Change in disease prevalence 18.6 (16.6 to 20.7) 8.8 (7.5 to 10.2) 4.5 (3.8 to 5.2) 2.0 (1.8 to 2.2) 3.3 (3.0 to 3.8) 0.1 (0.0 to 0.1) 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3) 2.3 (2.0 to 2.7) 5.7 (5.0 to 6.5) 10.4 (9.5 to 11.4) 8.2 (7.2 to 9.3) 10.4 (9.1 to 11.9)
 Change in service utilization −4.0 (−12.3 to 3.9) 4.3 (−3.7 to 12.0) 0.3 (−1.8 to 2.1) −3.9 (−4.3 to −3.4) −4.6 (−5.5 to −3.9) −0.1 (−0.2 to 0.0) 0.1 (−0.1 to 0.2) 1.4 (0.4 to 2.5) −1.6 (−5.9 to 2.3) −3.8 (−7.4 to −0.4) 2.6 (−3.1 to 7.7) −6.6 (−12.7 to −0.7)
 Change in spending per encounter 28.2 (19.1 to 36.6) 20.1 (12.2 to 27.5) 3.0 (−0.8 to 6.2) 4.8 (3.5 to 6.6) 0.2 (−0.9 to 1.0) 0.2 (0.1 to 0.3) 0.4 (0.2 to 0.5) 3.6 (2.6 to 4.6) 13.5 (8.9 to 17.7) 10.7 (7.3 to 14.6) 11.9 (5.2 to 17.8) 16.3 (10.4 to 21.8)
Change in spending measured in % increase in dollars (1996–2013)
 Total 175.1 (157.1 to 192.0) 319.3 (278.2 to 357.1) 129.5 (101.6 to 156.8) 105.3 (79.3 to 144.4) 20.8 (8.7 to 31.8) 138.9 (89.4 to 207.1) 78.6 (59.4 to 99.0) 167.7 (141.7 to 197.6) 218.9 (195.6 to 242.1) 145.0 (126.5 to 163.3) 207.8 (177.9 to 236.8) 148.9 (124.5 to 170.4)
 Change in population size 29.5 (27.3 to 31.5) 39.1 (34.3 to 43.6) 26.2 (23.6 to 29.1) 25.1 (23.7 to 26.6) 19.2 (17.6 to 20.8) 26.6 (21.0 to 32.6) 20.2 (17.8 to 22.8) 29.0 (26.7 to 31.6) 32.1 (29.4 to 34.7) 27.8 (26.0 to 29.7) 31.0 (28.0 to 34.3) 28.2 (25.7 to 31.1)
 Change in population age 29.8 (27.3 to 32.1) 42.3 (37.1 to 47.2) 29.0 (25.8 to 32.4) 18.4 (17.3 to 19.5) 15.6 (13.8 to 17.5) 17.4 (10.9 to 23.5) −10.7 (−12.2 to −9.3) −36.4 (−39.6 to −33.3) 66.7 (60.7 to 72.4) 16.7 (15.5 to 18.1) 38.9 (34.9 to 43.3) 22.5 (20.1 to 25.3)
 Change in disease prevalence 50.3 (45.0 to 56.0) 62.9 (53.5 to 72.9) 42.8 (36.9 to 49.9) 42.0 (37.5 to 46.6) 42.9 (38.3 to 48.3) 41.2 (31.4 to 52.2) 22.9 (10.7 to 35.2) 54.9 (46.9 to 64.1) 38.8 (34.0 to 44.2) 60.4 (55.4 to 66.1) 49.8 (43.7 to 56.5) 50.6 (44.4 to 57.8)
 Change in service utilization −10.8 (−33.4 to 10.7) 31.0 (−26.5 to 86.2) 2.6 (−17.2 to 20.2) −82.6 (−91.9 to −72.9) −59.1 (−71.0 to −50.3) −70.2 (−121.8 to −27.7) 6.1 (−14.1 to 24.2) 33.3 (9.7 to 59.0) −11.3 (−40.4 to 16.1) −22.1 (−43.3 to −2.3) 15.9 (−18.6 to 47.1) −32.2 (−62.1 to −3.6)
 Change in spending per encounter 76.4 (51.7 to 99.0) 144.0 (87.3 to 197.3) 29.0 (−7.6 to 59.9) 102.4 (75.8 to 141.3) 2.3 (−11.5 to 13.4) 123.9 (89.4 to 170.9) 40.2 (25.7 to 56.8) 86.9 (62.8 to 110.2) 92.5 (60.8 to 120.8) 62.1 (42.2 to 84.7) 72.2 (31.6 to 108.3) 79.7 (50.7 to 106.6)

Pharma, prescribed retail pharmaceuticals.