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Table 3 Type 1 diabetes cost components by group, 20082010

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

 

Diagnostic test

Emergency care

Hospital pediatric care

Pediatric critical care

Pediatric endocrinology care

Pediatric cardiology care

Pediatric hospitalist care

Outpatient pediatric care

Medical supplies

Prescription drugs

IV products

Total

Total sample

            

# Patients

80

 

7

20

84

14

25

6

32

38

37

84

 Average±SD  utilization per patient

34.65 ± 36.64

3.5 ± 2.59

3.57 ± 6.55

1.44 ± 3.03

43.05 ± 15.25

1.29 ± 0.61

2.24 ± 1.76

3.33 ± 3.83

2.75 ± 2.09

21.71 ± 26.75

5.38 ± 3.97

97.00 ± 65.25

 95% CI Lower-  Upper utilization

23.33-45.97

0-8.35

0.71-6.43

0-3.07

21.26-64.83

 

0-6.63

0-7.11

0-6.56

13.37-30.06

0-11.46

73.42-120.58

 Average±SD  charges per patient

$1,393.26±$1,119.60

$594.06±$980.40

$857.29±$1,231.62

$831.52±$1,656.26

$3,972.91±$1,300.76

$6.42±$28.57

$123.20±$219.48

$26.51 ± $139.96

$6.91±$69.80

$8.08±$37.15

$12.66±$21.86

$7,912.58±$4,588.84

 95% CI Lower-  Upper charges

$1,309.74-$1,476.78

$555.99-$632.12

$808.29-$906.29

$790.54-$872.49

$3,751.96-$4,193.86

$4.00-$8.83

$106.50-$139.90

$22.10 - $30.91

$20.42-$33.41

$5.40-$10.76

$7.12-$18.21

$7,678.36-$8,146.48

Inpatient group

            

# Patients

33

22

3

20

33

10

24

3

28

33

32

33

 Average±SD  utilization per patient

65.64 ± 39.84*

3.82 ± 2.87

7.85 ± 8.39*

3.67 ± 3.93*

40.76 ± 15.92

1.30 ± 0.67

2.29 ± 1.78

4.00 ± 5.20

2.86 ± 2.22§

24.76 ± 27.47*

5.94 ± 3.96*

156.24 ± 68.67*

 95% CI Lower-  Upper utilization

45.04-86.24

0-9.11

2.41-13.29

0-7.82

20.13-61.38

0-6.78

0.49-7.51

0-6.82

0-6.82

15.42-34.10

0-12.66

119.11-193.38

 Average±SD  charges per patient

$2,328.85±$1,197.98*

$1,224.09±$1,190.4*

$2,035.76±$1,192.99*

$2,116.57±$2,076.10*

$4,079.84±$1,300.87

$6.66±$10.72

$250.05±$253.98*

$39.68±$188.80

$64.07±$100.50*

$20.58±$57.57§

$31.33±$25.32*

$12,331.83±$4,251.35*

 95% CI Lower-  Upper charges

$2,193.90-$2,463.80

$1,152.94-$1,295.24

$1917.54-$2,153.99

$2,023.41-$2,209.73

$3,852.94-$4,306.74

$2.53-$10.79

$259.71-$334.58

$33.88-$45.48

$51.26-$76.89

$15.13-$26.01

$18.79-$43.85

$11,952.55-$12,711.12

Outpatient group

            

# Patients

47

10

4

 

51

4

1

3

4

5

5

51

 Average±SD  utilization per patient

12.89 ± 5.31

2.8 ± 2.39

0.80 ± 2.51

 

44.53 ± 14.76

1.25 ± 0.50

1 ±0

2.67 ± 2.89

2 ± 0

1.6 ±0.89

1.8 ± 1.30

58.67 ± 15.35

 95% CI Lower-  Upper utilization

1.59-24.20

0-6.68

0.31-1.92

 

21.20-67.85

  

0-6.36

  

0-5.33

28.98-88.36

 Average±SD  charges per patient

$787.87±$459.07

$186.38±$506.98

$94.75±$312.19

 

$3,903.72±$1,308.90

$6.26±$35.80

$10.65±$76.06

$20.02±$112.49

$2.87±$11.03

$

$0.60±$2.14

$5,053.07±$1,469.05

 95% CI Lower-  Upper charges

$714.09-$861.66

$169.78-$202.99

$83.99-$105.51

 

$3,687.31-$4,120.12

$4.16-$8.36

$8.20-$13.11

$16.22-$23.81

$1.09-$4.64

$

$(0.00)-$1.41

$4,788.66-$5,317.48

  1. Note: ±SD, Standard deviation; CI, Confidence Interval. * and § indicates statistically significant at 0.001 and 0.05 levels, respectively. Utilization is in units of healthcare services. Healthcare services used by a total 5 or less patients are not shown in Table. Adjusted to 2011 US dollars.