Table C.4.

Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action

Table C.4. Hospital admission for adults over age 18 for specific diabetes complications (excluding obstetric and neonatal admissions and transfers from other institutions) per 100,000 population age 18 and older, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, United States, 2000

Complication	For uncontrolled diabetes without complication^a		For diabetes with short-term complications^b		For diabetes with long-term complications^c
Population group	Rate^d	Standard error	Rate^d	Standard error	Rate^d	Standard error
Total	28.518	1.056	51.202	1.437	120.810	2.922
Patient characteristic
Age groups
18-44	14.698	0.658	54.179	1.749	33.484	1.203
45-64	35.765	1.570	48.693	1.560	158.036	4.663
65 and over	59.172	2.037	45.275	1.362	338.630	7.922
Age groups for elderly
65-69	49.147	2.428	40.031	1.931	293.116	8.094
70-74	57.050	2.673	40.686	1.932	336.307	8.931
75-79	66.926	2.988	46.638	2.165	371.110	10.177
80-84	68.099	3.339	52.712	2.705	388.835	11.263
80 and over	66.566	3.643	55.424	3.290	339.067	11.185
Gender
Male	28.542	1.072	53.180	1.746	135.980	3.215
Female	28.399	1.112	49.119	1.313	108.278	2.853
Median income of patient zip
Less than $25,000	62.728	5.709	91.142	7.913	193.319	15.735
$25,000-$34,999	42.783	2.184	66.742	3.123	150.143	6.530
$35,000-$44,999	30.324	1.720	56.531	2.586	126.912	5.240
$45,000 or more	16.604	0.872	37.990	1.626	90.913	3.692
Location of patient residence
MSA^e	25.126	1.180	51.353	1.714	116.966	3.349
Non-MSA^e	39.697	1.895	51.859	2.056	121.337	5.099
Hospital characteristic
Location of inpatient treatment
Northeast	30.106	3.489	48.082	2.826	135.812	8.645
Midwest	27.987	2.266	45.444	2.948	109.735	5.310
South	35.652	1.543	61.359	2.690	133.628	4.595
West	15.610	1.158	43.313	2.806	96.239	5.363

^a Without short-term (ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, coma) or long-term (renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, other unspecified) complications.
^b Ketoacidosis, hyperosmolarity, or coma.
^c Renal, eye, neurological, circulatory, or other unspecified complications.
^d Rates are adjusted by age and sex using the total U.S. as the standard population; when reporting is by age, the adjustment is by sex only; when reporting is by sex, the adjustment is by age only.
^e Metropolitan Statistical Area

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Delivery, Organization, and Markets, Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project, Nationwide Inpatient Sample (2000).

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Current as of August 2008

Internet Citation: Table C.4.: Diabetes Care Quality Improvement: A Resource Guide for State Action. August 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/quality-resources/tools/diabguide/diabqguidetabc.4.html