TABLE 3.
Follow-up Health Care Costs per Visit Among Patients with T1DM
| Health Care Setting | MarketScan (n = 181,423), $ | Optum Integrated Database (n = 8,948), $ | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| All-Cause Cost per Visit | Diabetes-Related Cost per Visit | All-Cause Cost per Visit | Diabetes-Related Cost per Visit | |
| Hospitalizations | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 20,646 (51,096) | 13,402 (29,001) | 15,027 (27,383) | 8,731 (11,096) |
| Median (IQR) | 10,927 (6,546-20,047) | 8,439 (5,609-12,657) | 8,555 (5,019-16,101) | 6,548 (4,911-8,886) |
| ED visits | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 1,672 (3,931) | 1,438 (2,714) | 2,606 (4,135) | 2,259 (3,232) |
| Median (IQR) | 1,112 (470-2,060) | 972 (327-1,898) | 1,676 (919-3,073) | 1,499 (802-2,729) |
| Outpatient visits | ||||
| Mean (SD) | 288 (5,317) | 191 (755) | 394 (4,425) | 387 (1,130) |
| Median (IQR) | 125 (77-211) | 136 (90-207) | 120 (82-273) | 152 (108-453) |
Note: Cost could not be assessed in Optum EMR database.
ED = emergency department; IQR = interquartile range; SD = standard deviation.