Research Article

Costs and Length of Stay of Hospitalizations due to Diabetes-Related Complications

Table 4

The relationship between the duration of diabetes and LoS and costs of complications.

Durations (year)876543210 value

LoS (day)
 IHD (nonfatal)5.063.703.703.233.753.884.113.573.600.002
 IHD (fatal)11.189.752.0029.49.007.507.3012.8317.500.662
 MI (nonfatal)9.668.118.788.277.838.638.557.228.860.200
 MI (fatal)10.8412.024.079.7913.5310.587.358.4810.680.800
 Stroke (nonfatal)15.1114.5213.4112.8912.9012.8412.4112.4512.41<0.001
 Stroke (fatal)10.119.868.9810.2210.099.7510.607.8310.460.828
 CHF10.849.529.778.479.398.938.969.508.780.003
 Amputation22.6822.2920.7922.4423.6721.5520.6320.3821.390.344
 ESRD13.8012.7211.3610.7611.1510.0710.9510.5910.34<0.001
 Ulcer16.4616.5011.8211.8017.008.089.2211.8311.750.257
Total hospitalization costs per admission (TWD)
 IHD (nonfatal)105813.278756.477545.670944.375617.676477.084414.077650.179453.6<0.001
 IHD (fatal)318628.7281912.8310887.5253998.8264735.3275037.0297469.7327306.1383573.80.754
 MI (nonfatal)199878.9149378.3147066.6167619.9152875.9151352.3152278.8146948.9175779.20.172
 MI (fatal)331025.3186815.5211844.4238596.9362941.8213620.4227412.3221171.4261033.30.663
 Stroke (nonfatal)103200.484538.879381.577218.274035.074532.470144.268811.268101.5<0.001
 Stroke (fatal)170386.8170414.7117758.0128903.8121160.9116442.3129253.0107134.3128291.40.027
 CHF87059.360256.459106.950431.055011.757651.365100.857360.750313.30.001
 Amputation175860.7141826.2124329.0150628.4131919.1118863.8145931.2138622.5139203.40.237
 ESRD114526.586131.477938.270208.672891.471066.069233.667535.267305.0<0.001
 Ulcer94798.9175944.554184.460202.094485.830818.649755.343408.350690.80.053
Inpatient drug costs (TWD)
 IHD (nonfatal)4657.42516.42179.41800.92318.82446.92818.62394.22410.50.001
 IHD (fatal)27487.86577.912033.025467.230923.019864.517886.533249.563543.80.119
 MI (nonfatal)14426.48137.48766.77313.68546.88429.97757.47723.69629.10.060
 MI (fatal)37098.214468.014011.925031.736284.123062.018678.624064.833279.70.723
 Stroke (nonfatal)11352.88793.27391.47884.87340.97196.37039.36694.76223.5<0.001
 Stroke (fatal)24873.825716.013527.116331.517639.215157.717021.712727.526114.30.614
 CHF10388.56580.46366.14801.26584.66056.87902.47099.45426.30.044
 Amputation29991.120134.919245.321558.026379.917618.425945.028481.625267.10.619
 ESRD16782.710243.110593.09394.48756.78253.68288.98088.77963.3<0.001
 Ulcer11832.749141.56980.223677.022690.51788.28632.65486.56169.50.045

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