Table 2.
Cost breakdown for minimum, maximum, average severe and average non-severe hypoglycemic episodes for T1DM and T2DM
| Cost for T1DM (€) | Cost for T2DM (€) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Minimum | Maximum | Average non-severe | Average severe | Minimum | Maximum | Average non-severe | Average severe | |
| Ambulance | – | 496.19 | – | 270.72 | – | 496.19 | – | 264.81 |
| A&E | – | 192.26 | – | 38.47 | – | 192.26 | – | 37.09 |
| Hospitalization | – | 3542.48 | – | 378.05 | – | 2169.77 | – | 348.79 |
| GP visit | – | – | 5.84 | 7.88 | – | – | 13.13 | 7.88 |
| Diabetes specialist visit | – | 146.04 | – | 20.45 | – | 146.04 | – | 20.45 |
| Extra SMBG tests | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.25 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 1.48 | 1.48 |
| Total | 1.25 | 4378.22 | 7.09 | 716.82 | 1.48 | 3005.74 | 14.61 | 680.49 |
A&E accident and emergency, GP general practitioner, SMBG self-monitoring of blood glucose, T1DM type 1 diabetes mellitus, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus