Research Article
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 |
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At the diabetes center.
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