期刊
AIMS PUBLIC HEALTH
卷 7, 期 1, 页码 44-65出版社
AMER INST MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES-AIMS
DOI: 10.3934/publichealth.2020006
关键词
multiple chronic conditions; chronic disease severity; health-related quality of life; population health planning; disparities in mortality; clinical risk groups; Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
资金
- Institute for Families in Society at the University of South Carolina
In the healthcare sector, patients can be categorized into clinical risk groups, which are based, in part, on multiple chronic conditions. Population-based measures of clinical risk groups for population health planning, however, are not available. Using responses of working-age adults (1964 years old) from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System for survey years 2015-2017, a population-based measure of chronic disease severity (CDS) was developed as a proxy for clinical risk groups. Four categories of CDS were developed: low, medium-low, medium-high, and high, based on self-reported diagnoses of multiple chronic conditions, weighted by hospitalization costs. Prevalence estimates of CDS were prepared, by population demographics and state characteristics, and CDS association with perceived health-related quality of life (HRQOL) was evaluated. Age-adjusted CDS varied from 72.9% (95% CI: 72.7-73.1%) for low CDS, to 21.0% (95% CI: 20.8-21.2%), 4.4% (95% CI: 4.3-4.5%) and 1.7% (95% CI: 1.6-1.8%) for medium-low, medium-high, and high CDS, respectively. The prevalence of high CDS was significantly greater (p < 0.05) among older adults, those living below the federal poverty level, and those with disabilities. The adjusted odds of fair/poor perceived HRQOL among adults with medium-low or medium-high/high CDS were 2.39 times (95% CI: 2.30-2.48) or 6.53 times (95% CI: 6.22-6.86) higher, respectively, than adults with low CDS. Elevated odds of fair/poor HRQOL with increasing CDS coincided with less prevalence of high CDS among men, minority race/ethnicities, and adults without insurance, suggesting a link between CDS and risk of mortality. Prevalence of high CDS was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in states with lower population density, lower per capita income, and in states that did not adopt the ACA. These results demonstrate the relevance of a single continuous population-based measure of chronic disease severity for health planning at the state, regional, and national levels.
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