Figure 2

Mean monthly in-patient hospital cost per person by vascular stage. Mean monthly in-patient hospital cost (04/05 Australian dollars*) by vascular stage after applying the simplified vascular staging instrument using the public sector Queensland estimated round 9 cost report 2004–05 and hospital admission data from eight Queensland public hospitals (25 May 1997–31 Dec 2005) on a cohort of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander adults with type 2 diabetes who participated in the Queensland Well Persons Health Check (1998–2000). N = 379. Hospital cost is derived from the date of assignment to their vascular stage to date of death or 31 December 2005.