TABLE 2.

Mean ± SD of inpatient costs (€) for Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes

Variable	Inpatient costs € Type 1 diabetes	p‐value	Inpatient costs € Type 2 diabetes	p‐value
Full sample	4027 ± 3604		5026 ± 5674	<0.001
Sex
Men	4464 ± 4319	0.007	4983 ± 5498	0.436
Women	3528 ± 2456		5081 ± 5924
Age
< 30 years	3529 ± 2117	0.004	3483 ± 2988	<0.001
30–44 years	3162 ± 1637		3738 ± 2679
45–59 years	4667 ± 5974		4935 ± 7822
60–74 years	4341 ± 3102		4709 ± 5779
75+ years	4884 ± 3276		5211 ± 5379
Admission type
Elective	5079 ± 2647	0.110	6570 ± 6078	<0.001
Unscheduled	3954 ± 3649		4896 ± 5619
Primary diagnosis on hospital admission
Not primary diagnosis	3995 ± 3200	0.837	5057 ± 5790	0.003
Primary diagnosis	4070 ± 4074		4533 ± 3274
complications
No diabetes complications	3628 ± 2355	0.350	4500 ± 4689	<0.001
1 diabetes complication	4183 ± 4401		5472 ± 6340
2 diabetes complications	4543 ± 2502		5954 ± 5798
3 or more complications	4492 ± 2841		6911 ± 11273
Insurance
Public	4021 ± 3725	0.904	4988 ± 5438	0.145
Private	4094 ± 2000		5545 ± 8246
Discharge destination
Self‐discharged	4151 ± 3824	< 0.001	4100 (3214)	<0.001
Residence (return home)	3864 ± 3457		4528 (4317)
Nursing/care home	5914 ± 2340		6165 (6551)
Emergency transfer	4542 ± 3471		5640 (9075)
Psychiatric hospital	n/a		6436 (8104)
Hospice	n/a		6525 (2881)
Died	18877 ± 7607		11169 (13977)
Discharge year
2013	3723 ± 1904	0.545	5570 ± 7620	<0.001
2014	4143 ± 2552		5456 ± 6622
2015	4738 ± 7091		4893 ± 5729
2016	3727 ± 2255		4908 ± 4466
2017	3855 ± 2255		4662 ± 4305

Statistical analysis consisted of independent t‐tests for binary predictors and ANOVA those categorical predictors with more than two levels. As both t‐test and ANOVA involve comparison of group means, results for costs are displayed as mean ± SD.