Table 1.
Descriptive statistics: multiple admissions for ACSC with and without diabetes
| Multiple Admissions for ACSC | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diabetes N (%) | Without Diabetes N (%) | Total N (%) | ||||
| Total Number | 59,436 | (41.2%) | 84,773 | (58.8%) | 144,209 | (100%) |
| Sexa | ||||||
| Female | 31,337 | (52.7%) | 41,825 | (49.3%) | 73,162 | (50.7%) |
| Male | 28,099 | (47.3%) | 42,948 | (50.7%) | 71,047 | (49.3%) |
| Age Groupa | ||||||
| 18–39 | 1187 | (2.0%) | 1552 | (1.8%) | 2739 | (1.9%) |
| 40–64 | 8256 | (13.9%) | 10,273 | (12.1%) | 18,529 | (12.8%) |
| 65–79 | 23,854 | (40.1%) | 24,118 | (28.5%) | 47,972 | (33.3%) |
| ≥ 80 | 26,139 | (44.0%) | 48,830 | (57.6%) | 74,969 | (53.0%) |
| Admission Typea | ||||||
| Planned | 3794 | (6.4%) | 2763 | (3.3%) | 6557 | (4.5%) |
| Unplanned | 55,514 | (93.4%) | 82,003 | (96.7%) | 137,517 | (95.4%) |
| Othersb | 128 | (0.2%) | 7 | (0%) | 135 | (0.1%) |
| CCIa | ||||||
| 0 | 0 | (0.0%) | 11,431 | (13.5%) | 11,431 | (7.9%) |
| 1 | 6413 | (10.8%) | 27,273 | (32.2%) | 33,686 | (23.4%) |
| 2 | 14,342 | (24.1%) | 20,859 | (24.6%) | 35,201 | (24.4%) |
| 3 | 12,476 | (21.0%) | 12,673 | (14.9%) | 25,149 | (17.4%) |
| 4 | 9869 | (16.6%) | 7388 | (8.7%) | 17,257 | (12.0%) |
| 5 | 8401 | (14.1%) | 2541 | (3%) | 10,942 | (7.6%) |
| 6 | 4698 | (7.9%) | 1349 | (1.6%) | 6047 | (4.2%) |
| ≥ 7 | 3237 | (5.4%) | 1259 | (1.5%) | 4496 | (3.1%) |
| ACSC Causea | ||||||
| Bacterial Pneumonia | 13,645 | (23.0%) | 29,983 | (35.4%) | 43,628 | (30.3%) |
| Heart Failure | 16,473 | (27.7%) | 21,820 | (25.7%) | 38,293 | (26.6%) |
| UTI | 9220 | (15.5%) | 15,053 | (17.8%) | 24,273 | (16.8%) |
| COPD or Asthma in Older Adults | 5140 | (8.6%) | 14,195 | (16.7%) | 19,335 | (13.4%) |
| Diabetes long-term complications | 8402 | (14.1%) | 0 | (0.0%) | 8402 | (5.8%) |
| Dehydration | 1262 | (2.1%) | 2325 | (2.7%) | 3587 | (2.5%) |
| Diabetes short-term complications | 2000 | (3.4%) | 0 | (0.0%) | 2000 | (1.4%) |
| Lower-Extremity Amputation among Patients with Diabetes | 2330 | (3.9%) | 0 | (0.0%) | 2330 | (1.6%) |
| Uncontrolled Diabetes | 1139 | (1.9%) | 0 | (0.0%) | 1139 | (0.8%) |
| Hypertension | 940 | (1.6%) | 1157 | (1.4%) | 2097 | (1.5%) |
| Asthma in Younger Adults | 3 | (0.0%) | 240 | (0.3%) | 243 | (0.2%) |
aApplied Chi-Square test. Difference between groups statistically significant (p ≤ 0.001)
bIncludes: 1 episode of private medicine and 134 episodes of Integrated Management System of Subscribers for Surgery (SIGIC)