Healthcare costs among adults with type 2 diabetes initiating saxagliptin or linagliptin : a US-based claims analysis

OBJECTIVE: To compare healthcare costs of adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) after initiation of saxagliptin or linagliptin, two antidiabetic medications in the dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor medication class.

METHODS: Patients with T2D who were at least 18 years old and initiated saxagliptin or linagliptin (index date) between 1 June 2011 and 30 June 2014 were identified in the MarketScan Commercial and Medicare Supplemental Databases. All-cause healthcare costs and diabetes-related costs (T2D diagnosis on a medical claim and/or an antidiabetic medication claim) were measured in the 1 year follow-up period. Saxagliptin and linagliptin initiators were matched using propensity score methods. Cost ratios (CRs) and predicted costs were estimated from generalized linear models and recycled predictions.

RESULTS: There were 34,560 saxagliptin initiators and 18,175 linagliptin initiators identified (mean ages 57 and 59; 55% and 56% male, respectively). Before matching, saxagliptin initiators had significantly lower all-cause total healthcare costs than linagliptin initiators (mean = $15,335 [SD $28,923] vs. mean = $20,069 [SD $48,541], p < .001) and significantly lower diabetes-related total healthcare costs (mean = $6109 [SD $13,851] vs. mean = $7393 [SD $26,041], p < .001). In matched analyses (n = 16,069 per cohort), saxagliptin initiators had lower all-cause follow-up costs than linagliptin initiators (CR = 0.953, 95% CI = 0.932-0.974, p < .001; predicted costs = $17,211 vs. $18,068). There was no significant difference in diabetes-related total costs after matching; however, diabetes-related medical costs were significantly lower for saxagliptin initiators (CR = 0.959, 95% CI = 0.927-0.993, p = 0.017; predicted costs = $3989 vs. $4159).

CONCLUSIONS: Adult patients with T2D initiating treatment with saxagliptin had lower total all-cause healthcare costs and diabetes-related medical costs over 1 year compared with patients initiating treatment with linagliptin.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Current medical research and opinion - 33(2017), 10 vom: 06. Okt., Seite 1869-1877

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Kong, Amanda M [VerfasserIn]
Farahbakhshian, Sepehr [VerfasserIn]
Pendergraft, Trudy [VerfasserIn]
Brouillette, Matthew A [VerfasserIn]
Mukherjee, Biswarup [VerfasserIn]
Smith, David M [VerfasserIn]
Sheehan, John J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

3X29ZEJ4R2
9GB927LAJW
Adamantane
Dipeptides
Dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitor
Health expenditures
Healthcare costs
Hypoglycemic Agents
Journal Article
Linagliptin
PJY633525U
Saxagliptin
Type 2 diabetes mellitus

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Date Completed 22.03.2018

Date Revised 02.12.2018

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/03007995.2017.1343187

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NLM272926787