Risk of Negative Health Outcomes and High Costs for People With Diabetes and Unmet Psychological Needs in the United States.

Sepassi A, Bounthavong M, Singh RF, Heyman M, Beizai K, Watanabe JH. Risk of Negative Health Outcomes and High Costs for People With Diabetes and Unmet Psychological Needs in the United States. Diabetes spectrum : a publication of the American Diabetes Association. 2022 Jan 10; 35(2):207-215.

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Measuring the population-level relationship between compromised mental health and diabetes care remains an important goal for clinicians and health care decision-makers. We evaluated the impact of self-reported unmet psychological need on health care resource utilization and total health care expenditure in people with type 2 diabetes. Patients who reported unmet psychological needs were more likely than those who did not to incur a higher annual medical expenditure, have greater resource utilization, and have a higher risk of all-cause mortality.