Table 2 Forms of Health Service Use Among the Diabetes Cohort by Drug Treatment Categories
Managed Without Drugs (n = 1,346) | Insulin-Managed (n = 1,428) | Oral Sulfonylurea-Managed (n = 1,791) | ||||
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Health Service Use Characteristics | Mean Visits† | % 1+ Visit | Mean Visits | % 1+ Visit | Mean Visits | % 1+ Visit |
Total Health Center Visits* | 10.1 ± 8.8 | (95.9) | 14.2 ± 11.9 | (97.5) | 10.7 ± 8.5 | (97.5) |
Scheduled | 8.8 ± 8.1 | (94.1) | 12.7 ± 10.9 | (96.9) | 9.6 ± 7.8 | (96.5) |
Same Day or Urgent | 1.3 ± 1.8 | (58.6) | 1.6 ± 2.2 | (62.0) | 1.2 ± 1.7 | (56.8) |
Specialist Visits (Endocrinology) | 0.07 ± 0.46 | (3.1) | 0.22 ± 0.96 | (8.1) | 0.05 ± 0.39 | (2.7) |
Total Emergency Room † | 0.23 ± 0.63 | (16.1) | 0.43 ± 1.0 | (25.3) | 0.26 ± 0.72 | (17.0) |
Total Hospitalizations | 0.17 ± 0.49 | (13.1) | 0.31 ± 0.77 | (20.2) | 0.19 ± 0.56 | (13.2) |
Diabetes Medications ‡ | ||||||
Avg # Dispensing per Yr | --- | 7.3 ± 3.9 | 5.5 ± 3.5 | |||
Avg Standard Monthly Dose (SMD) | --- | 1.3 ± 0.93 | 1.4 ± 1.3 | |||
Self-Monitoring Blood Glucose | ||||||
Any (1+ Test Strip) | 97 | (7.2) | 936 | (65.6) | 431 | (24.1) |
Regular§ | N/A | N/A | 320 | (22.4) | 123 | (6.9) |
Completed HbA 1c Tests || | ||||||
Avg # HbA1c Tests per Yr | 1.7 ± 0.9 | 2.2 ± 1.4 | 2.1 ± 1.3 | |||
Total # HbA1c Tests | ||||||
0 | 705 | (52.4) | 317 | (22.2) | 418 | (23.3) |
1 | 362 | (26.9) | 430 | (30.1) | 554 | (30.9) |
2 | 177 | (13.2) | 315 | (22.1) | 389 | (21.7) |
3+ | 102 | (7.6) | 366 | (25.6) | 430 | (24.0) |