Table 3.
Mean per patient expenditures per medical specialty for men and women with and without T2DM
| Medical specialty | Men | Women | ||||
| T2DM | Control group | Difference | T2DM | Control group | Difference | |
| Allergology | 0.2 | 0.3 | −0.1 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.0 |
| Anaesthesiology | 19.5 | 17.1 | 2.5 | 35.1 | 29.9 | 5.2 |
| Audiology | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2.5 | 2.4 | 0.2 |
| Cardiology | 547.7 | 357.1 | 190.6 | 381.3 | 221.4 | 159.9 |
| Cardio-pulmonary surgery | 89.1 | 65.4 | 23.8 | 43.6 | 22.9 | 20.7 |
| Clinical geriatrics | 7.4 | 25.7 | −18.3 | 10.8 | 33.4 | −22.6 |
| Consultative psychiatry | 0.2 | 0.7 | −0.5 | 0.1 | 0.7 | −0.5 |
| Dermatology | 44.5 | 42.2 | 2.3 | 42.0 | 44.9 | −2.9 |
| ENT | 43.9 | 49.9 | −6.0 | 34.3 | 35.9 | −1.6 |
| Gastro-enterology | 73.4 | 61.2 | 12.3 | 75.7 | 62.8 | 12.9 |
| Gynaecology | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 60.5 | 51.2 | 9.3 |
| Internal medicine | 250.2 | 252.8 | −2.6 | 274.3 | 252.3 | 22.0 |
| Genetics | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.0 | 1.6 | 1.2 | 0.4 |
| Neurology | 112.7 | 98.8 | 13.9 | 102.7 | 90.6 | 12.1 |
| Neurosurgery | 27.0 | 24.5 | 2.5 | 30.1 | 21.9 | 8.2 |
| Ophthalmology | 129.1 | 96.5 | 32.6 | 149.5 | 122.8 | 26.7 |
| Orthopaedics | 139.2 | 135.9 | 3.3 | 262.6 | 243.3 | 19.3 |
| Paediatrics | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0,0 | 0.0 |
| Plastic surgery | 17.8 | 19.5 | −1.7 | 24.2 | 24.9 | −0.6 |
| Pulmonology | 140.8 | 128.6 | 12.2 | 106.4 | 91.0 | 15.5 |
| Radiology | 19.6 | 13.3 | 6.3 | 13.5 | 9.7 | 3.8 |
| Radiotherapy | 48.6 | 55.5 | −6.9 | 42.8 | 47.7 | −5.0 |
| Rehabilitation | 37.7 | 48.4 | −10.7 | 35.6 | 37.4 | −1.8 |
| Rheumatology | 16.2 | 19.3 | −3.2 | 24.1 | 27.8 | −3.7 |
| General surgery | 298.4 | 248.5 | 49.9 | 271.2 | 260.5 | 10.7 |
| Urology | 168.8 | 156.1 | 12.7 | 54.9 | 34.8 | 20.10 |
Expenditures are presented in Euros as an average.
CG, control group; ENT, ear, nose and throat physician; T2DM, type 2 diabetes mellitus-group; Δ, Costs T2DM – CG.