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Table 2 Characteristics, hospitalisation days and mean costs stratified by complication type (row) among patients with history of T2D-related complications. Complications are arranged in decreasing order of costs

From: Hospital treatment costs associated with incident complications in patients with type 2 diabetes—real-world study based on electronic patient information systems

Type of complication

n

Age (SD), years

Men (%)

Duration of T2D, mean (SD), years

Number of

outpatient visits,

mean (SD)

Number of

inpatient days,

mean (SD)

1-year costs (EUR), mean (SD)

Nephropathy

625

68.4 (10.3)

427 (68.3)

13.0 (7.0)

36.0 (49.1)

13.2 (19.8)

24 507 (32 342)

Foot disorder

1 172

72.9 (9.8)

806 (68.8)

12.2 (8.2)

12.2 (25.6)

13.7 (19.7)

17 666 (25 866)

Cardiovascular

5 355

75.4 (9.7)

3070 (57.3)

10.7 (7.5)

6.3 (12.1)

9.8 (15.5)

10 433 (18 828)

Neurological

136

71.7 (11.0)

75 (55.1)

13.1 (7.5)

11.4 (19.8)

8.8 (15.0)

10 296 (15 414)

Cerebrovascular

855

74.0 (10.1)

490 (57.3)

10.4 (7.5)

5.7 (12.2)

12.1 (22.8)

9 774 (13 194)

Eye complication

2 228

71.1 (11.7)

1163 (52.2)

15.2 (8.3)

10.5 (19.2)

4.0 (11.6)

6 304 (14 109)