The Impact of Illness Awareness on the Difference in the Economic Burden of Disease Among Middle-Aged and Elderly Diabetic Patients in Rural Areas

Abstract

BackgroundThere are many explorations in China on the awareness of diabetes and the economic burden of disease, but the impact of awareness of illness on the economic burden of disease has not yet been empirically studied. We aim to explore the status of illness awareness and its influencing factors in rural middle-aged and elderly diabetic patients, and to further explore the impact of illness awareness on the economic burden of patients.MethodsTaking rural middle-aged and elderly diabetes as the object, the multiple regression model was used to analyze the patient's economic burden of disease and illness awareness, the propensity score matching method (PSM) was used to solve the influence of sample selection bias, and to explore the economic burden of disease awareness on patients Impact.ResultsIllness awareness is an important factor affecting the economic burden of disease in middle-aged and elderly diabetes in rural areas. Illness awareness increased the economic burden of disease by 94.3%; the number of other chronic diseases, education level, location, self-rated health status, and smoking are Influencing factors of patients' awareness of illness.ConclusionIn the short term, awareness of illness increases the overall treatment costs of patients, but from the perspective of long-term development, changes in lifestyle and medical behavior based on awareness of illness can help improve the health of patients and effectively reduce the risk of middle-aged and elderly diabetic patients in rural areas. The economic burden of disease.