Emergency attendance for acute hyper- and hypoglycaemia in the adult diabetic population of the metropolitan area of Milan: quantifying the phenomenon and studying its predictors

Andreano, Anita; Bosio, Marco; Russo, Antonio Giampiero

doi:10.1186/s12902-020-0546-1

Table 3 Annual total direct costs for subjects with diabetes having and not an attendance to the emergency department for acute glycemic events

From: Emergency attendance for acute hyper- and hypoglycaemia in the adult diabetic population of the metropolitan area of Milan: quantifying the phenomenon and studying its predictors

Emergency department attendances	Characteristic	N of subjects	Average annual direct costs (euro)
Emergency department attendances	Characteristic	N of subjects	Mean	Std Dev	Median	Lower Quartile	Upper Quartile
None		162,965	5584	9550	2533	1140	5931
At least one for any glycemic event		3121	10,055	12,603	5839	3052	11,757
At least one for any glycemic event followed by hospitalization		897	11,474	12,413	7555	3818	13,872
Age class (years)
None	≤ 44	8381	3459	8786	1934	685	3383
	45–54	15,973	4306	10,275	1407	569	3456
	55–64	31,666	4843	10,234	1818	812	4383
	65–74	49,991	5876	9591	2659	1271	6239
	≥75	56,954	6411	8879	3433	1642	7662
At least one for any glycemic event	≤ 44	275	5879	8111	3438	2474	5909
	45–54	273	8260	15,231	3538	1844	7588
	55–64	383	12,711	17,260	5828	2787	14,708
	65–74	641	12,764	14,651	7797	4204	16,492
	≥75	1549	9336	9824	6429	3426	11,652
At least one for any glycemic event followed by hospitalization	≤ 44	86	8083	11,505	3979	2855	8109
	45–54	66	10,678	17,694	4972	2625	9251
	55–64	108	13,971	13,658	9197	3458	19,893
	65–74	168	15,289	15,629	9382	5213	20,158
	≥75	469	10,266	9346	7540	4247	13,012
N of comorbidities
None	None	21,701	1655	2751	873	359	2072
	One	36,824	2493	4788	1345	708	2620
	Two or more	104,440	7490	11,065	3823	1872	8447
At least one for any glycemic event	None	341	3436	4982	2634	1478	3831
	One	414	4546	5471	3160	1713	5210
	Two or more	2366	11,974	13,618	7626	4187	14,333
At least one for any glycemic event followed by hospitalization	None	79	5544	9399	3071	2464	5909
	One	114	6200	6139	4538	2442	8151
	Two or more	704	12,993	13,029	8628	4848	16,720
Insuline treatment
None	Yes	40,933	9881	13,676	5107	2834	10,967
None	No	122,032	4143	7126	1914	915	4331
At least one for any glycemic event	Yes	2117	11,319	13,522	6861	3831	13,181
At least one for any glycemic event	No	1004	7391	9893	3945	1823	9221
At least one for any glycemic event followed by hospitalization	Yes	552	12,946	13,388	8608	4709	15,852
	No	345	9119	10,257	6000	2707	11,731

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