The Economic Burden of Hospital Costs on Families With Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Children: The Role of Medical Insurance in Shandong Province, China

• Main Authors: Siyuan Wang (Author), Yawei Guo (Author), Elizabeth Maitland (Author), Stephen Nicholas (Author), Jingjie Sun (Author), Anli Leng (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Frontiers Media S.A., 2022-05-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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ObjectiveThis study estimates the economic burden imposed on families by comparing the hospitalization costs of T1DM children with and without medical insurance in Shandong province.MethodsOur data comprised 1,348 T1DM inpatient records of patients aged 18 years or younger from the hospitalization i...