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Untreated insomnia increases all-cause health care utilization and costs among Medicare beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Study objectives

To examine the impact of untreated insomnia on health care utilization (HCU) among a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries.

Methods

Our data source was a random 5% sample of Medicare administrative data for years 2006-2013. Insomnia was operationalized as the presence of at least one claim containing an insomnia-related diagnosis in any given year based on International Classification of Disease, Version 9, Clinical Modification codes or at least one prescription fill for an insomnia-related medication in Part D prescription drug files in each year. We compared HCU in the year prior to insomnia diagnosis to HCU among to non-sleep disordered controls during the same period.

Results

A total of 151?668 beneficiaries were found to have insomnia. Compared to controls (n = 333?038), beneficiaries with insomnia had higher rates of HCU across all point of service locations. Rates of HCU were highest for inpatient care (rate ratio [RR] 1.61; 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.59, 1.64) and lowest for prescription fills (RR 1.17; 95% CI 1.16, 1.17). Similarly, compared to controls, beneficiaries with insomnia demonstrated $63,607 (95% CI $60,532, $66,685) higher all-cause costs, which were driven primarily by inpatient care ($60,900; 95% CI $56,609, $65,191). Emergency department ($1,492; 95% CI $1,387, $1,596) and prescription costs ($486; 95% CI $454, $518) were also elevated among cases relative to controls.

Conclusions

In this randomly selected and nationally representative sample of older Medicare beneficiaries and compared to non-sleep disordered controls, individuals with untreated insomnia demonstrated increased HCU and costs across all points of service.

SUBMITTER: Wickwire EM

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6448286 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Untreated insomnia increases all-cause health care utilization and costs among Medicare beneficiaries.

Wickwire Emerson M EM Tom Sarah E SE Scharf Steven M SM Vadlamani Aparna A Bulatao Ilynn G IG Albrecht Jennifer S JS

Sleep 20190401 4

<h4>Study objectives</h4>To examine the impact of untreated insomnia on health care utilization (HCU) among a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries.<h4>Methods</h4>Our data source was a random 5% sample of Medicare administrative data for years 2006-2013. Insomnia was operationalized as the presence of at least one claim containing an insomnia-related diagnosis in any given year based on International Classification of Disease, Version 9, Clinical Modification codes or at le ...[more]

PMID: 30649500

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Untreated insomnia increases all-cause health care utilization and costs among Medicare beneficiaries.

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Untreated insomnia increases all-cause health care utilization and costs among Medicare beneficiaries.

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