The Hospitalization Costs of Diabetes and Hypertension Complications in Zimbabwe: Estimations and Correlations
Table 2
Estimated mean hospitalization costs for patients with T2DM and HTN.
Patient characteristics
T2DM diagnosis
Hypertension diagnosis
Discharged
Died
Discharged
Died
Mean cost (95% CI)
Mean cost (95% CI)
Mean cost (95% CI)
Mean cost (95% CI)
(% discharged)
(% died)
(% discharged)
(% died)
Women
<65 years of age
1467 (1177, 1828)
1308 (1011, 1691)
1124 (961, 1314)
1002 (813, 1234)
18 (69.2)
8 (30.8)
79 (80.6)
19 (19.4)
>65 years of age
1037 (797, 1349)
924 (695, 1230)
794 (676, 933)
708 (580, 864)
9 (60)
6 (40)
53 (66.3)
27 (33.7)
Men
<65 years of age
1443 (1116, 1866)
1286 (984, 1681)
1105 (910, 1343)
985 (797, 1218)
11 (61.1)
7 (38.9)
21 (47.7)
23 (52.3)
>65 years of age
1020 (761, 1366)
909 (679, 1217)
781 (643, 949)
696 (571, 849)
2 (40)
3 (60)
36 (62.1)
22 (37.9)
Procedures
No procedure
1114 (899, 1380)
868 (677, 1113)
865 (770, 972)
674 (571, 797)
31 (64.6)
17 (35.4)
137 (69.2)
61 (30.8)
Dialysis
1347 (1095, 1657)
1050 (833, 1325)
1046 (929, 1178)
816 (700, 950)
1 (50)
1 (50)
8 (53.3)
7 (46.7)
Physiotherapy
1630 (1303, 2038)
1270 (1003, 1610)
1266 (1081, 1482)
987 (832, 1170)
1 (50)
1 (50)
41 (70.7)
17 (29.3)
Amputation
—
1537 (1183, 1996)
—
1193 (965, 1475)
2 (100)
2 (100)
Blood transfusion
—
1859 (1375, 2512)
—
1443 (1106, 1884)
2 (100)
2 (100)
Wound care
2884 (2004, 4149)
2248 (1582, 3194)
2239 (1589, 3156)
1746 (1259, 2422)
6 (85.7)
1 (14.3)
3 (60)
2 (40)
GLM: estimated costs from GLM model for hospitalization costs adjusted for age, for sex, for outcome, and then separately for procedures. Costs in USD, United States dollars.
