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Table 2 Use of medical services and medicines by the study population

From: Use of medical services and medicines attributable to type 2 diabetes care in Yaoundé, Cameroon: a cross-sectional study

Use of services

People with T2D

People without diabetes

OR (95% CI)a

median (95% CI)

p-value

Use of outpatient services

 Estimated percentage of people with at least 1 visit to hospital, last 90 days, n (%)

485 (97)

70 (14)

267.6 (83.9–854.2)

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<0.001

 Estimated percentage of people with at least 1 outpatient visit to hospital, last 90 days, n (%)

454 (90.8)

60 (12)

129.8 (58.1–289.9)

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<0.001

 Median outpatient visits at the hospital per person, among those with at least 1 outpatient visit during the last 90 days, median (1st-3rd)

3 (2–4)

1 (1–2)

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1.5 (0.7–2.3)

<0.01

 Estimated percentage of people with at least 1 outpatient visit to any clinician, last 90 days, n (%)

460 (92)

98 (19.6)

97.1 (41.6–226.2)

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<0.001

 Median total outpatient visits to any clinician, last 90 days, median (1st-3rd)

3 (1–4)

0 (0–0)

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2 (1.8–2.2)

<0.001

Use of inpatient services

 Estimated percentage of people with at least 1 inpatient admission, last 90 days, n (%)

45 (9)

2 (0.4)

10.9 (1.5–81.6)

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<0.05

 Median length of stay, most recent hospital admission, if admitted last 90 days, median (1st-3rd)

8 (5–15)

2 (1–3)

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9.17 (−28.2–9.9)

NS

 Estimated annual percentage of people with at least 1 inpatient admission, n (%)

47 (9.4)

3 (0.6)

11.9 (1.6–87.9)

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<0.05

Use of medicines

 Estimated percentage of people with at least one medicine, n (%)

468 (93.6)

114 (22.8)

83.1 (37.1–185.8)

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<0.001

  1. aThe OR and the median regression were computed with adjustments on age, gender, education and income