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Table 2 Type 1 diabetes healthcare utilization and charges by level of care, 20082010

From: Healthcare cost of type 1 diabetes mellitus in new-onset children in a hospital compared to an outpatient setting

 

Emergency care

Hospital care

Intensive care

Outpatient care

Total

Total sample

     

# Patients

32

73

20

84

84

  Average±SD utilization per patient

1.33±2.33

34.13±33.47

17.98±39.51

43.54±15.34

97±65.25

  95% CI Lower-Upper utilization

0-3.18

22.48-45.77

12.34-23.63

21.51-65.59

120.58-156.24

  Average±SD charges per patient

$594.06±$980.40

$2,189.67± $1,965.53

$1,282.26± $2,610.84

$3,846.59± $1,304.85

$7,912.58± $4,588.84

  95% CI Lower-Upper charges

$555.99-$632.12

$2,090.61-$2,288.73

$1,231.93-$1,332.58

$3,633.01-$4,060.17

$7,678.36-$8,146.81

Inpatient group

     

# Patients

22

33

20

33

33

  Average±SD utilization per patient

2.55 ± 2.83*

68.45 ± 28.46*

45.79 ± 52.32*

39.45±15.56

156.24±68.67

  95% CI Lower-Upper utilization

0-6.07

43.10-93.81

33.34-58.23

19.49-59.43

119.11-193.38

  Average±SD charges per patient

$1,224.09±$1,190.47*

$4,210.16±$1,564.92*

$3,263.94± $3,318.15*

$3,633.64± $1,258.32

$12,331.83±$4,251.35*

  95% CI Lower-Upper charges

$1,152.94-$1,295.24

$3,996.75-$4,423.58

$3,150.32-$3,377.56

$3,428.22-$3,839.06

$11,952.55-$12,711.12

Outpatient group

     

# Patients

10

40

 

51

51

  Average±SD utilization per patient

0.55±1.51

11.92±7.80

 

46.20±14.76

58.67±15.35

  95% CI Lower-Upper utilization

0-1.63

3.09-20.75

 

22.00-70.39

28.98-88.36

  Average±SD charges per patient

$186.38±$506.98

$882.29±$638.69

 

$3,984.39±$1,328.05

$5,053.07±$1,469.05

  95% CI Lower-Upper charges

$169.78-$202.57

$812.28-$952.31

 

$0.00-$4,203.70

$4,788.66-$5,317.48

  1. Note: ±SD, Standard deviation; CI, Confidence Interval. * Indicates statistically significant p< 0.001. Utilization in units of healthcare services. Adjusted to 2011 US dollars.