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. 2017 Aug 4;34(9):2083–2092. doi: 10.1007/s12325-017-0592-x

Table 2.

Healthcare resource utilization and costs at baseline for the subset of patients newly initiated on basal insulin with a 12-month follow-up

Hypoglycemia cohort (n = 2495) No hypoglycemia cohort (n = 53,113) P value
Baseline all-cause healthcare utilization
 Any hospitalization [n (%)] 1101 (44.1) 14,135 (26.6) <0.001
 Any ED visit [n (%)] 1312 (52.6) 20,277 (38.2) <0.001
Baseline diabetes-related healthcare utilization
 Any hospitalization [n (%)] 993 (39.8) 12,300 (23.2) <0.001
 Any ED visit [n (%)] 980 (39.3) 13,624 (25.7) <0.001
Baseline all-cause healthcare costs
 Total costs [mean (SD), $] 33,301 (59,318) 20,086 (44,771) <0.001
 ED costs [mean (SD), $] 987 (2596) 628 (1708) <0.001
Baseline diabetes-related healthcare costs
 Total costs [mean (SD), $] 10,026 (19,913) 5820 (12,464) <0.001
 ED costs [mean (SD), $] 425 (1441) 257 (987) <0.001

ED emergency department, SD standard deviation