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Characteristics of the 20,876 hospitalized patients
| Mortality during hospitalization | 215 (1.0%) |
| Ambulance transportation | 2,724 (13.1%) |
| Emergency and/or unplanned hospitalization | 3,008 (14.4%) |
| Complication of diabetes mellitus | 2,534 (12.1%) |
| Complications of infectious diseases | |
| At admission | 765 (3.7%) |
| During hospitalization | 502 (2.4%) |
| Group II (hospitalization days beyond period 3) | 2,356 (11.3%) |
