Ulf Gerdtham
Professor
Effect of Type 1 Diabetes on School Performance in a Dynamic World : New Analysis Exploring Swedish Register Data
Författare
Summary, in English
This paper investigates if the effect of type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) on school performance has changed over time using national Swedish population register data. The issue is of interest because management and treatment of the disease have improved over the last decades and, furthermore, because of changes in the educational grading system. Despite these changes, data indicate a persistent negative effect of T1DM on compulsory and upper secondary school grades and the results appears similar to earlier findings on cohorts completing school under the previous grading system. Moreover, the results are robust to alternative model specifications and econometric estimation strategies. Whereas access to new treatment technologies and improved diabetes management strategies has reduced the burden of diabetes in daily life, the results from this study indicate that other trends have not implied a reduction, over time, in the impact of T1DM on school performance. This finding indicates that continued efforts are needed to improve the situation in school for children with T1DM to prevent potential long-term socioeconomic consequences.
Avdelning/ar
- Hälsoekonomi
- Nationalekonomiska institutionen
- EpiHealth: Epidemiology for Health
Publiceringsår
2016-10-24
Språk
Engelska
Publikation/Tidskrift/Serie
Working Papers
Volym
2016
Issue
28
Länkar
Dokumenttyp
Working paper
Förlag
Department of Economics, Lund University
Ämne
- Economics
- Health Care Service and Management, Health Policy and Services and Health Economy
Nyckelord
- type 1 diabetes
- education
- school performance
- register data
- I00
- I10
- I21
- J24
Status
Published
Forskningsgrupp
- Health Economics