Title

Expenditures in mental illness and substance use disorders among veteran clinic users with diabetes

UMMS Affiliation

Department of Psychiatry

Publication Date

2008-05-31

Document Type

Article

Subjects

Comorbidity; Diabetes Mellitus; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders; Substance-Related Disorders; United States; *Veterans

Disciplines

Health Services Research | Mental and Social Health | Psychiatric and Mental Health | Psychiatry | Psychiatry and Psychology

Abstract

Few studies have looked at the health-care expenditures of diabetes patients based on the type of co-occurring conditions of mental illness (MI) or substance use disorders (SUD). Our study analyzes the health-care expenditures associated with various diagnostic clusters of co-occurring drug, alcohol, tobacco use, and mental illness in veterans with diabetes. We merged Veteran Health Administration and Medicare fee-for-service claims database (fiscal years 1999 and 2000) for analysis (N = 390,253) using generalized linear models; SUD/MI were identified using International Classification of Diseases, 9th edition codes. The total average expenditures (fiscal year 2000) were lowest ($6,185) in the "No MI and No SUD" and highest ($19,801) for individuals with schizophrenia/other psychoses and alcohol/drug use. High expenditures were associated with both SUD and MI conditions in diabetes patients, and veterans with alcohol/drug use had the highest expenditures across all groups of MI. These findings reinforce the need to target groups with multiple comorbidities specifically those with serious mental illnesses and alcohol/drug use for interventions to reduce health-care expenditures.

DOI of Published Version

10.1007/s11414-008-9120-8

Source

J Behav Health Serv Res. 2008 Jul;35(3):290-303. Epub 2008 May 30. Link to article on publisher's site

Journal/Book/Conference Title

The journal of behavioral health services and research

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PubMed ID

18512155

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