Table 2 Studies reporting all admissions
Author | Country | Study Design | Study Size | Age Group | Admission Rate/patient-year | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Charron-Prochownik 1993 [11] | USA | Longitudinal cohort study following up IDDM cases recruited 1981 – 84 | 88 | 8–13 | 0.10 | Analysis of admissions coded as diabetes only |
Cohn 1997 [18] | USA | Retrospective analysis of IDDM admissions 1985 – 99 | 2889 | 0–18 | 0.10 – 0.38 | Principal diagnosis of IDDM. Female excess of IDDM re-hospitalisations |
Donnan 2000 [16] | Scotland | Retrospective cohort study for admissions in 1995 | 864 | 0–35 | Relative Risk 2.89 cf general population | Combined age group for T1DM and no direct hospitalisation rates |
Hirasing 1996 [10] | Holland | Retrospective analysis of T1DM admissions 1980 – 81 | Not given | 0–19 | 0.24 – 0.41 | Diabetes-related admissions only Including diagnosis |
Icks (a) 2001 [15] | Germany | Case-control study of T1DM cases diagnosed between 1996 – 97, with 1.5 years follow-up | 373 | 1–14 | 0.34 | All hospital admissions. 4.7 times higher risk of hospitalisation than controls |
Icks (b) 2001 [14] | Germany | Prospective analysis of admission records for T1DM children diagnosed in 1997 | 5874 | 1–19 | 0.27 | All admissions. 3 times higher risk of hospitalisation than general population |
Lipton. 2002 [13] | USA | Retrospective T1DM cohort study of risk factors for re-hospitalisation | 216 | 0–18 | 0.23 | Diabetes-related admissions only |
Moss 1999 [6] | USA | Population study Follow-up at 4 and 10 years | 777 | 0–30 | >0.26 | All admissions. Hospitalisation prior to examination |
O'Hara 1998 [9] | Australia | Retrospective analysis of admission records 1993 – 95 | 95091 | 1–75+ | Not supplied | All diabetes-related admissions at diagnosis and after |
Palta 1996 [7] | USA | Retrospective follow-up of T1DM cohort diagnosed 1987 – 92 | 507 | 0–19 | 0.05 – 0.20 | All reported diabetes-related hospital admissions |
Palta 1997 [8] | USA | Follow-up of recruited T1DM cohort diagnosed 1987 – 92 | 577 | 0–29 | 0.07 – 0.10 | All reported diabetes-related hospital admissions |
Roberts 2004 [19] | England | Retrospective analysis of T1DM cohort diagnosed 1968 – 96 with 3-year follow-up | Not given | 0–29 | 4992 admissions over 3 years | Diabetes-related admissions only Focus on mortality in young people |
Sutton 1989 [5] | Australia | Retrospective analysis of IDDM cohort diagnosed 1985 – 87 | 650 | 0–19 | 0.06 | Diabetes-related admissions only |
Tomlin 2006 [17] | New Zealand | Case-control study comparing admission rates between diabetic and non-diabetic children 2000 – 02 | 1123 | 0–14 15–24 25–34 ---- 85+ | 0.65 0.40 0.40 0.62 | All admissions. T1DM patients 2.55 times more likely to be admitted to hospital than general population |
Tuomilehto. 1997 [12] | Finland | Retrospective follow-up of IDDM cohort diagnosed 1965 – 1979 | 5149 | 0–18 | 0.01 | Hospitalisation for diabetic nephropathy only |