Table 2.

Minimum and maximum cost of a hypoglycemic episode for type 1 diabetes mellitus and type 2 diabetes mellitus in Italy

Resource	Cost inputs (unit cost [reference])	Minimum cost of episode	Maximum cost of episode
Ambulance	€205.00 [15]	–	€205.00
A&E	€241.00 [12]	–	€241.00
Hospitalization	€5317.00 [15]	–	€5317.00
GP visit	€25.82 [12]	–	–
Diabetes specialist visit	€23.00 [15]	–	€23.00
Extra SMBG tests	€0.82 [17, 18]	€4.59	€4.59
Total	n/a	€4.59	€5790.59

A&E Accident and emergency, GP general practitioner, n/a not applicable, SMBG self-monitoring of blood glucose