Table 1.
Patient Characteristics and Utilization for those with Diabetes-Related Preventable Hospitalization (DRPH) in Hawai‘i from December 2006–December 2010 by Race/Ethnicity
| Chinese | Filipino | Native Hawaiian | Japanese | White | P-valuea | |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Number of patients | 57 (3.8) | 226 (15.2) | 538 (36.2) | 212 (14.3) | 455 (30.6) | |
| Number of hospitalizations | 83 (3.3) | 375 (14.8) | 991 (39.2) | 295 (11.7) | 787 (31.1) | |
| Female | 18 (31.6) | 100 (44.3) | 229 (42.6) | 83 (39.2) | 181 (40.0) | .40 |
| Payer | ||||||
| Medicaid | 11 (19.3) | 55 (24.3) | 182 (33.8) | 26 (12.3) | 146 (32.1) | .024 |
| Medicare | 11 (19.3) | 59 (26.1) | 134 (24.9) | 59 (27.8) | 83 (18.2) | < .001 |
| Private | 35 (61.4) | 94 (41.6) | 202 (37.6) | 122 (57.6) | 190 (41.8) | < .001 |
| Other | 0 (0) | 18 (8.0) | 20 (3.7) | ___b | 36 (7.9) | < .001 |
| Live on O‘ahu = Yes | 51 (89.5) | 169 (74.8) | 348 (64.7) | 163 (76.9) | 241 (53.0) | < .001 |
| Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | Mean (SD) | ||
| Charlson comorbidity index | 4.56 (3.49) | 4.75 (3.28) | 5.02 (3.13) | 4.73 (3.09) | 3.98 (2.92) | < .001 |
| Age | 53.86 (9.66) | 49.43 (12.06) | 48.17 (11.38) | 51.67 (9.74) | 49.08 (11.92) | < .001 |
| Number of hospitalizations per patient | 1.46 (1.89) | 1.65 (2.22) | 1.83 (2.48) | 1.39 (1.06) | 1.75 (2.15) | .12 |
| n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | ||
| Types of DRPH | ||||||
| Uncontrolled diabetes (DM) | ___b | 19 (5.1) | 24 (2.4) | ___b | 35 (4.5) | .003 |
| Short-term DM complications | 30 (36.1) | 129 (34.4) | 336 (33.9) | 70 (23.7) | 339 (43.1) | < .001 |
| Long-term DM complication | 35 (42.2) | 160 (42.7) | 406 (41.0) | 140 (47.5) | 274 (34.8) | .002 |
| Lower-extremity DM-related amputations | 14 (16.9) | 67 (17.9) | 225 (22.7) | 83 (28.1) | 139 (17.7) | .001 |
a
P-values based on Chi-squared tests (or Fisher's exact tests) for categorical variables and one-way ANOVA or Kruskal-Wallis test for continuous variables.
b
Number too small (<10) to report.