Table 1 Patient characteristics in specialist diabetes clinics (SDCs) and general medical clinics (GMCs) at hospital levels
| Â | Overall | Â | Regional | Â | Provincial | Â | Community | Â |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|  |  |  | n = 3569 | n = 5517 | n = 16,384 | |||
| Â | SDCs | GMCs | SDCs | GMCs | SDCs | GMCs | SDCs | GMCs |
| Â | NÂ =Â 20,185a | N= 6675a | N= 1678a | N= 1891a | N= 3518a | N= 1999a | NÂ =Â 14,453a | N=1931a |
| Â | (75%) | (25%) | (47.02) | (52.98) | (63.77) | (36.23) | (88.21) | (11.79) |
Female n (%) | 14,285 (70.8) | 4554 (68.3) | 1118 (66.6) | 1317 (69.7) | 2423 (68.9) | 1332 (66.7) | 10,390 (71.9) | 1354 (70.1) |
Age [years] Mean (SD) | 59.58 (10.7) | 60.42 (10.9) | 60.5 (10.6) | 61.2 (11.1) | 60.4 (10.66) | 60.6 (10.95) | 59.3 (10.7) | 59.6 (10.3) |
Duration [years] Mean(SD) | 7.64 (4.6) | 7.24 (4.6) | 9.1 (5.8) | 7.4 (4.9) | 8.1 (4.62) | 7.1 (4.28) | 7.4 (4.5) | 7.6 (4.6) |
Hypertension n (%) | 13,250 (65.6) | 4957 (74.3) | 1238 (73.8) | 1522 (80.5) | 2481 (70.5) | 1447 (72.4) | 9162 (63.4) | 1321 (68.4) |
Religion n (%) | ||||||||
 Buddhism | 17,734 (96.1) | 5729 (97.3) | 1468 (97.4) | 1539 (98.3) | 2945 (95.1) | 1620 (97.5) | 12,927 (96.4) | 1856 (99.4) |
 Muslim | 723 (3.9) | 161 (2.7) | 39 (2.6) | 26 (1.7) | 152 (4.9) | 41 (2.5) | 480 (3.6) | 12 (0.6) |
Scheme n (%) | ||||||||
 Universal coverage | 11,416 (57) | 3935 (59.9) | 960 (58.3) | 1162 (62.1) | 1931 (55.3) | 1072 (54.4) | 8057 (56.1) | 1078 (56.0) |
 CSMB | 3045 (15.2) | 1370 (20.8) | 533 (32.3) | 480 (25.6) | 833 (23.9) | 561 (28.5) | 1666 (11.6) | 254 (13.2) |
 Social security | 522 (2.6) | 383 (5.8) | 62 (3.76) | 126 (6.7) | 143 (4.1) | 108 (5.5) | 273 (1.9) | 41 (2.1) |
 Other[out of pocket] | 5046 (25.2) | 887 (13.5) | 93 (5.6) | 104 (5.5) | 585 (16.7) | 228 (11.6) | 4367 (30.4) | 552 (28.7) |
BMI (kg/m2) n (%) | ||||||||
  < 18.50 | 712 (3.7) | 167 (2.9) | 53 (3.5) | 39 (2.8) | 118 (3.5) | 46 (2.6) | 529 (3.8) | 60 (3.3) |
 18.5–22.9 | 5116 (26.4) | 1326 (23.3) | 361 (23.6) | 305 (21.9) | 785 (23.4) | 414 (23.2) | 3879 (27.7) | 469 (25.9) |
 23.0–24.9 | 3980 (20.6) | 1156 (20.3) | 320 (20.9) | 252 (18.1) | 660 (19.7) | 382 (21.4) | 2907 (20.8) | 387 (21.3) |
 25.0–29.9 | 7059 (36.5) | 2101 (36.9) | 575 (37.6) | 557 (39.9) | 1300 (38.7) | 631 (35.4) | 4992 (35.7) | 645 (35.6) |
>Â =Â 30.0 | 2488 (12.9) | 938 (16.5) | 221 (14.4) | 242 (17.3) | 494 (14.7) | 309 (17.3) | 1686 (12.0) | 252 (13.9) |