The Cost of Managing Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Greece: A Retrospective Analysis of 10-Year Patient Level Data “The HERCULES Study”

Table 4

Resource use associated with hospitalization, complications, and medical care.

	Total ( = 211)	HbA1c ≤ 7 ( = 100)	HbA1c > 7 ( = 111)	value
Number of visits to a specialist^* per year
Mean; (SD)	3.2; (0.9)	3.1; (0.9)	3.3; (0.9)	0.259
Number of admissions to hospital per year
Mean; (SD)	1.4; (1.1)	1.2; (0.4)	1.5; (1.2)	0.528
Duration of hospitalization (days per hospitalization)
Mean; (SD)	6.3; (3.9)	6.6; (4.1)	6.2; (3.8)	0.831
Number of complications over the last 10 years
Mean; (SD)	2.1; (1.7)	2.2; (2.2)	2.0; (1.3)	0.732
Duration of complications (years)
Mean; (SD)	6.5; (4.1)	5.8; (3.6)	6.8; (4.4)	0.511

At the diabetes center.