Figure 1.

Outpatient visits for adults with diabetes by care setting, 2009–2015. The mean number of yearly visits (millions) for patients with diabetes was 61.4 (95% CI 55.6–67.2), 32.0 (28.6–35.3), 11.1 (9.0–13.3), and 12.1 (11.0–13.2) for primary care offices, specialist offices, hospital outpatient departments, and hospital emergency departments, respectively. The mean number of yearly visits (millions) for which diabetes was a patient reason for visit was 14.4 (95% CI 12.7–16.2), 4.9 (3.3–6.4), 2.4 (1.6–3.2), and 0.3 (0.2–0.4) for primary care offices, specialist offices, hospital outpatient departments, and hospital emergency departments, respectively. Hospital outpatient department data were only available from 2009 to 2011.