Healthcare reimbursement costs of children with type 1 diabetes in the Netherlands, a observational nationwide study (Young Dudes-4)

Table 1 Costs (in euros) for management of type 1 diabetes in the period 2009 to 2011 in the Netherlands

	2009	2010	2011	Total	Mean
General hospitals
Total	52,936,879	53,273,011	49,431,443	155,641,333	51,880,444
Mean	8639	8570	7769	24,977	8326
Number of children	6128	6216	6363	18,707	6236
Large
Total	33,420,336	33,039,872	31,393,730	97,853,938	32,617,979
Mean	9382	9087	8277	26,746	8915
Number of children	3562	3636	3793	10,991	3664
Medium
Total	11,917,983	12,481,770	11,491,543	35,891,295	11,963,765
Mean	7496	7681	7107	22,283	7428
Number of children	1590	1625	1617	4832	1611
Small
Total	7,598,559	7,751,370	6,546,171	21,896,100	7,298,700
Mean	7785	8117	6869	22,771	7590
Number of children	976	955	953	2884	961
University hospital
Total	3,953,900	4,113,517	3,785,982	11,853,399	3,951,133
Mean	8036	9223	7790	25,050	8350
Number of children	492	446	486	1424	475
Total
Total	56,890,779	57,386,528	53,217,426	167,494,732	55,831,577
Mean	8594	8614	7770	24,978	8326
Number of children	6620	6662	6849	20,131	6710

Costs are subdivided according to type and volume of hospital; and are presented as total costs (upper row) and mean costs per child (middle row). The total number of children is presented in the lower row

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