Effect of Motivated Physicians and Elderly Patients with Hypertension or Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Prepared Communities on Health Behaviours and Outcomes: A Population-based PS Matched Retrospective Cohort Study During Five-year Follow-up Period

Overview

Journal PLoS One

Specialties General Medicine
Science

Date 2024 Feb 13

PMID 38349922

Authors

Eun Jee Park

Hyunsung Kim

Yaeji Lim

Soon Young Lee

Weon-Young Lee

Affiliations

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Abstract

Effective chronic disease management requires the active participation of patients, communities, and physicians. The objective of this study was to estimate the effectiveness of the Community-based Registration and Management for elderly patients with Hypertension or Type 2 Diabetes mellitus Project (CRMHDP) by using motivated primary care physicians and patients supported by prepared communities, to utilise healthcare and health outcomes in four cities in South Korea. We conducted a propensity score-matched retrospective cohort study using 2010-2011 as the baseline years, alongside a follow-up period until 2015/2016, based on the Korean National Health Insurance database. Both a CRMHDP group (n = 46,865) and a control group (n = 93,730) were applied against healthcare utilisation and difference-in-differences estimations were performed. For the health outcome analysis, the intervention group (n = 27,242) and control group (n = 54,484) were analysed using the Kaplan-Meier method and Cox proportional hazard regression. Results: The difference-in-differences estimation of the average annual clinic visits per person and the average annual days covered were 1.26 (95% confidence interval, 1.13-1.39) and 22.97 (95% CI, 20.91-25.03), respectively, between the intervention and control groups. The adjusted hazard ratio for death in the intervention group, compared to the control group, was 0.90 (95% CI, 0.86-0.93). For stroke and chronic renal failure, the adjusted hazard ratios for the intervention group compared to the control group were 0.94 (95% CI, 0.88-0.99) and 0.80 (95% CI 0.73-0.89), respectively. Our study suggests that for effective chronic disease management both elderly patients and physicians need to be motivated by community support.

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