Table 5.

Utilization of health care services in one year by 1109 adults with diabetes, by age group, after adjustment for gender, educational level, marital status race, and duration of diabetes.

Variable	45–64 Years N = 627	65+ Years N = 482	p-value
Mean number of mental health outpatient visits	0.3	0.2	0.06
Percent with one or more mental health outpatient visits	13.3	8.0	0.07
Mean number of primary care outpatient visits	9.3	14.8	<0.001
Mean number of specialty care outpatient visits	2.1	3.4	0.03
Percent with one or more specialty care outpatient visits	40.2	56.0	<0.001
Percent with one or more hospital admissions	11.2	22.6	<0.001