Table 1.
Healthcare facility survey
| Number of patients presenting to the emergency departments at the respondent facilities (149 of the 193 facilities surveyed) | |
| Number of emergency transportation services ordered per facility | 4,962 (2073–9,910) |
| Number of emergency transportation services ordered for severe hypoglycemia per facility | 17.0 (8.0–32.0) |
| Proportion of emergency transportation services ordered for severe hypoglycemia per facility | 0.34% |
| Number of patients with diabetes mellitus receiving medical services at the respondent facilities and the treatments given to these patients | |
| Number of patients regularly receiving medical services | 346,939 |
| Number (proportion) of patients with type 1 diabetes | 20,553 (6.2%) |
| Number (proportion) of patients with type 2 diabetes | 292,638 (87.9%) |
| Number (proportion) of insulin users (including those receiving other antidiabetic drugs) | 106,645 (30.7%) |
| Number (proportion) of SU users without insulin | 71,280 (20.5%) |
| Number of patients presenting to/admitted to the respondent facilities for severe hypoglycemia | |
| Annual number of patients requiring medical services for severe hypoglycemia at these facilities | 2,237 |
| Number of patients requiring medical services for severe hypoglycemia per facility | 6.5 (3.0–16.0)a |
| Annual number of patients admitted for severe hypoglycemia | 1,171 |
| Annual number of patients admitted for severe hypoglycemia per facility | 4.0 (1.0–9.0)a |
a
Numbers, medians; numbers in parentheses, interquartile range (25th to 75th percentiles).