The Burden of Diabetes Mellitus in Patients with Coronary Heart Disease: A Methodological Approach to Assess Quality-Adjusted Life-Years Based on Individual-Level Longitudinal Survey Data

The application of the proposed approach provides confounder-adjusted BOD estimates for the studied time horizon and can be used to compare the BOD across different chronic conditions. Curative efforts are needed to diminish the substantial diabetes-related QALY gap.