title: [Result of a CPP-project at a primary health care center. Diabetes care in primary health care is resource-demanding].
abstract: Cost Per Patient (CPP) is a method to calculate health care costs for every individual health care contact. The method, which supplies information about diagnosis-related health care consumption, and was employed at the Primary Health Care Centre of Odeshög, Sweden. The study was conducted during 2001 and showed that 2% of the patients who had at least one contact with the health care centre were consuming 20% of the center's total resources. Furthermore, the single highest healthcare consumption was noted among the group of diabetic patients, mainly due to associated illness and the need for home care among those who were unable to manage their insulin injections themselves.
authors.affiliation: Vårdcentralen i Odeshög. Carl.johan.ostgren@lio.se
authors.forename: Carl Johan
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Ostgren
authors.forename: Annette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Bengt
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Grip
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Johansson
authors.forename: Mona
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Heurgren
authors.forename: Arne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Melander
mesh_terms: D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D017281:Cost of Illness; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000191:economics*; D016527:Drug Costs; D017048:Health Care Costs; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D013548:Sweden