Hospital care direct costs due to ambulatory care sensitive conditions related to diabetes mellitus in the Mexican public healthcare system

• Main Authors: Pedro Saturno-Hernández (Author), Estephania Moreno-Zegbe (Author), Ofelia Poblano-Verastegui (Author), Laura del Pilar Torres-Arreola (Author), Arturo C. Bautista-Morales (Author), Cynthya Maya-Hernández (Author), Juan David Uscanga-Castillo (Author), Sergio Flores-Hernández (Author), Patricia María Gómez-Cortez (Author), Waldo Iván Vieyra-Romero (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2024-04-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Hospitalizations for ambulatory care sensitive conditions (ACSC) incur substantial costs on the health system that could be partially avoided with adequate outpatient care. Complications of chronic diseases, such as diabetes mellitus (DM), are considered ACSC. Previous studies ha...