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Table 2 Resource use and productivity loss stratified by diabetes care over one year

From: Resource use and costs of type 2 diabetes patients receiving managed or protocolized primary care: a controlled clinical trial

 

Managed care

Protocolized care

Usual care

 

N = 215

N = 197

N =333

Consultation of ..

% ≥1 visits

Mean (SD) # of visits

% ≥1 visits

Mean (SD) # of visits

% ≥1 visits

Mean (SD) # of visits

General practitioner

77.8

7.6 (8.6)

80.0

5.7 (6.9)

78.4

6.1 (6.9)

Diabetes nurse

74.5ab

3.8 (3.8)b

82.6

4.3 (3.5)a

84.5

3.7 (2.8)

Dietician

38.4ab

1.4 (2.4)ab

20.5

0.9 (2.2)

21.9

0.9 (2.4)

Podiatrist

19.4b

0.7 (1.8)b

9.2a

0.4 (1.6)a

24.3

1.2 (2.9)

Physical therapist

25.9

5.3 (13.8)

30.3a

7.3 (18.1)a

21.0

3.9 (11.9)

Specialist in

      

- Internal medicine

6.9ab

0.4 (2.0)ab

15.4a

0.6 (1.7)a

28.9

1.5 (2.8)

- Ophthalmology

17.6ab

0.8 (2.5)ab

47.7

1.5 (2.5)

52.0

1.8 (2.6)

- Cardiology

15.7

0.6 (2.5)

15.4

0.7 (1.9)

15.2

0.7 (2.3)

- Neurology

5.1

0.2 (0.9)

6.2

1.6 (0.7)

6.4

0.6 (4.0)

- Nephrology

1.4

0.0 (0.4)

3.6

0.2 (1.3)

1.8

0.1 (0.4)

Other specialism

25.9

1.4 (3.1)

27.7

1.4 (2.9)

32.8

1.6 (4.0)

Hospitalization

9.7

0.7 (3.0)

10.3

1.1 (4.7)

12.5

2.7 (14.8)

Absenteeism paid work

8.8

4.9 (27.8)

10.8

2.8 (14.1)

10.0

3.1 (15.2)

Absenteeism unpaid work

13.9

12.3 (50.0)

9.7

18.2 (127.4)a

18.2

20.7 (70.6)

  1. Data are expressed as proportions of patients who used the specific resource and mean (SD) resource use per patient over one year. aSignificantly different (P < 0.05) from usual care. bSignificantly different (P < 0.05) from protocolized care.