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Table 1 Characteristics of the study population (n = 198) stratified by insurance status

From: Quality of diabetes care and health insurance coverage: a retrospective study in an outpatient academic public hospital in Switzerland

 

All cases N (%) or mean (SD)

Insured (n = 118) N (%) or mean (SD)

Uninsured (n = 80) N (%) or mean (SD)

p-value*

Age (year)

53 (11)

54.0 (9.8)

51.5 (10.0)

0.087 a

Women

102 (51.5 %)

50 (42.4 %)

52 (65 %)

0.003

Origin (Europe)

64 (32.3 %)

54 (45.8 %)

10 (12.5 %)

<0.001

New onset diabetes

63 (31.8 %)

31 (26.3 %)

32 (40 %)

0.060

Follow-up (days)

116 (371)

123 (430)

114 (327)

0.684 b

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. *Comparison between insured and uninsured groups
  3. a Student t-test7
  4. b Mann-Withney test