Table-I.

The treatment costs and properties of the study and control groups.

	Study group N=91	Control group N=112	p
Age	57.6±6.2	54.1±11.9	0.04
Female N (%)	38 (41.8%)	66 (58.9%)	0.02
The length of hospital stay (days)	14.0±5.0	5.9±2.1	<0.001
HbA1c % (mmol/mol)	10.1±1.6 (86.8±17.4)	9.2±1.4 (77.0±15.3)	<0.001
Cost of drugs and equipments (USD)	415.5±131.2	157.3±63.0	<0.001
Cost of services (USD)	560.6±212.6	273.0±106.4	<0.001
Average cost (USD)	976.1±253.6	430.3±144.2	<0.001