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Table 3 Cost of physician services according to type of contact

From: Diabetes: cost of illness in Norway

  Surgery visits
(million €) 		Home visits
(million €) 		Other contacts
(million €) 		Total cost
(million €)
GPs and emergency units     
Type 1 diabetes* 0.918 0.0349 0.1633 1.117
Type 2 diabetes ** 11.646 0.1600 1.4341 13.240
Other*** 0.044 0.0001 0.0104 0.054
Subtotal 12.608 0.1952 1.6078 14.411
Specialists in private practice     
Type 1 diabetes**** 0.468 0.0000 0.0122 0.480
Type 2 diabetes***** 1.616 0.0007 0.0440 1.661
Retinopathy****** 0.156 --- 0.0006 0.156
Retinopathy******* 0.180 --- 0.0004 0.180
Other******** 0.069   0.0012 0.070
Subtotal 2.490 0.0007 0.0582 2.549
Total 15.098 0.1959 1.6660 16.960
  1. * ICPC code T89, Insulin-dependent diabetes
  2. ** ICPC code T90, Non-insulin-dependent diabetes
  3. *** ICPC codes F38 Retinopathy and W85 Diabetes during pregnancy
  4. **** ICPC code T89 and ICD-10 code E10, Insulin-dependent diabetes
  5. ***** ICPC code T90 and ICD-10 code E11, Non-insulin-dependent diabetes
  6. ****** ICPC code F83 Retinopathy
  7. ******* ICD-10 code H36.0 Retinopathy
  8. ******** E23.2, H28.0, H36.0, N08.3, O24, P70.0, P70.1, P70.2, R73.0, Z13.1
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