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Table 3 Mean direct medical costs and length of stay for the index cardiovascular hospitalization by index cardiovascular event type and diabetic status

From: Incremental cardiovascular costs and resource use associated with diabetes: an assessment of 29,863 patients in the US managed-care setting

Index CV Event Type*

Patients with Diabetes

(n = 5,501)

Patients without Diabetes

(n = 24,362)

 

No. of Patients

Cost of Hospitalization

Hospital LOS §

No. of Patients

Cost of Hospitalization

Hospital LOS §

All CV event types**

5,501

17,435 (21,613)

4.8 (3.5)

24,362

16,917 (20,342)

4.3 (3.0)

   CABG

412

60,385 (38,622)

10.0 (3.9)

1,492

55,004 (32,109)

9.0 (3.6)

   Other CV procedure

1,417

25,925 (19,369)

4.1 (2.4)

7,196

26,331 (21,446)

4.1 (2.4)

   Myocardial infarction

1,420

26,035 (27,918)

5.2 (3.6)

7,811

24,802 (24,278)

4.6 (2.9)

   Heart failure

686

11,178 (13,168)

5.7 (3.7)

1,558

12,560 (16,245)

5.6 (3.6)

   Angina

315

7,038 (6,975)

2.9 (1.4)

1,336

6,878 (7,722)

2.7 (1.4)

   Other IHD

2,011

17,869 (20,538)

4.2 (3.0)

9,247

14,740 (17,549)

3.7 (2.6)

   Ischemic stroke

552

11,802 (12,025)

5.6 (3.7)

2,082

12,667 (13,344)

5.4 (3.3)

   TIA/other CVA

395

6,638 (6,733)

4.0 (3.4)

1,929

6,711 (6,379)

3.7 (2.7)

   PVD

38

19,432 (25,386)

8.1 (6.4)

126

15,315 (17,835)

6.6 (5.0)

  1. CABG, coronary artery bypass graft; CV, cardiovascular; CVA, cerebrovascular accident; IHD, ischemic heart disease; LOS, length of stay; PVD, peripheral vascular disease; TIA, transient ischemic attack.
  2. *Index hospitalization may be categorized into multiple events if it had both a cardiovascular diagnosis and procedure. History of diabetes in the pre-index period. Costs are mean (SD) per patient in US$. §Length of stay is mean (SD) in days. **For t-test comparisons of all CV event patients with vs. without diabetes, cost of hospitalization: P = 0.09, hospital length of stay: P < 0.0001