Research Article
Costs and Length of Stay of Hospitalizations due to Diabetes-Related Complications
Table 2
Characteristics of patients with DM complication-related hospitalizations.
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| | Number of patients | 27,473 (100%) | | Number of complication-related hospitalizations | | | One | 25,510 (92.9) | | Two | 1,827 (6.7) | | Three | 126 (0.5) | | Four | 10 (0.04) | | Female | 10,307 (37.5) | | Age (years), | | | DM duration (years), | 3.3 ± 2.9 | | Region | | | North | 11,704 (42.6) | | Central | 6,869 (25.0) | | South | 7,841 (28.5) | | East | 958 (3.5) | | Islands | 101 (0.4) | | Number of complication-related hospitalizations | 29,582 (100%) | | Nonfatal stroke | 9,532 (34.7) | | Nonfatal IHD | 7,887 (28.7) | | CHF | 3,943 (14.4) | | ESRD | 3,829 (13.9) | | Nonfatal MI | 2,441 (8.9) | | Fatal stroke | 839 (3.1) | | Amputation | 576 (2.0) | | Fatal MI | 402 (1.5) | | Ulcer | 68 (0.2) | | Fatal IHD | 64 (0.2) |
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SD: standard deviation.
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