Assessment of hospital length of stay and direct costs of type 2 diabetes in Hubei Province, China

Table 1 Demographic and clinical characteristics of the study population

Characteristics		Mean ± SD or number	Median or percentage	25th–75th percentile
Gender	Male	944	61.78
Gender	Female	584	38.22
Age group	20~	16	1.05
	30~	53	3.47
	40~	303	19.83
	50~	365	23.89
	60~	268	17.54
	70~	287	18.78
	80~	218	14.27
	90~	18	1.18
LOS		11.65 ± 6.13	10	8–15
Type of medical insurance	Urban Resident Basic Medical Insurance	41	2.68
	Urban Employee Basic Medical Insurance	603	39.46
	Other means of payment	23	1.51
	Public expense	31	2.03
	Private expense	789	51.64
	NCMS	41	2.68
Mode of Admission	Emergency	29	1.90
	Outpatient	1470	96.20
	Other	29	1.90
Year of admission	2013	724	47.38
Year of admission	2014	804	52.62
Occupation	Employee	248	16.23
	Student	3	0.20
	Labourer	181	11.84
	Retired	721	47.19
	Unemployed	375	24.54
Complications	No complications	164	10.73
	Chronic complications	1249	81.74
	Acute + chronic complications	115	7.53
Costs per patient		232.47 ± 164.95	185.00	142.04–272.18

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