American Diabetes Association

Table 2—

Ten-year resource use and medical costs overall and by metabolic syndrome status^*

	Overall	Metabolic syndrome*
	Overall			No	Yes	P
n	3,789	2,023	1,766
Inpatient stays per patient	2.8 ± 2.3	2.6 ± 2.2	3.2 ± 2.4	<0.001
Outpatient visits per patient	24.8 ± 10.4	24.1 ± 10.3	25.5 ± 10.4	<0.001
Evaluation and management visits per patient	62.5 ± 14.4	60.8 ± 14.5	64.4 ± 14.4	<0.001
Primary care visits^†	26.1 ± 8.2	24.4 ± 8.1	28.0 ± 8.3	<0.001
Specialist visits^†	30.8 ± 10.2	30.7 ± 10.3	30.9 ± 10.2	0.47
Total costs to Medicare per patient ($)	36,663 ± 29,832	33,010 ± 26,530	40,873 ± 33,138	<0.001
Medicare Part A (inpatient)	21,319 ± 25,801	18,806 ± 22,756	24,214 ± 28,834	<0.001
Medicare Part B (physician)	11,485 ± 5,142	10,779 ± 4,810	12,299 ± 5,487	<0.001
Medicare Part B (institutional)	3,859 ± 3,508	3,425 ± 3,151	4,359 ± 3,867	<0.001

	Overall	Metabolic syndrome*
	Overall			No	Yes	P
n	3,789	2,023	1,766
Inpatient stays per patient	2.8 ± 2.3	2.6 ± 2.2	3.2 ± 2.4	<0.001
Outpatient visits per patient	24.8 ± 10.4	24.1 ± 10.3	25.5 ± 10.4	<0.001
Evaluation and management visits per patient	62.5 ± 14.4	60.8 ± 14.5	64.4 ± 14.4	<0.001
Primary care visits^†	26.1 ± 8.2	24.4 ± 8.1	28.0 ± 8.3	<0.001
Specialist visits^†	30.8 ± 10.2	30.7 ± 10.3	30.9 ± 10.2	0.47
Total costs to Medicare per patient ($)	36,663 ± 29,832	33,010 ± 26,530	40,873 ± 33,138	<0.001
Medicare Part A (inpatient)	21,319 ± 25,801	18,806 ± 22,756	24,214 ± 28,834	<0.001
Medicare Part B (physician)	11,485 ± 5,142	10,779 ± 4,810	12,299 ± 5,487	<0.001
Medicare Part B (institutional)	3,859 ± 3,508	3,425 ± 3,151	4,359 ± 3,867	<0.001

Data are means ± SD.

Defined by the National Cholesterol Education Program ATP III.

†

Approximately 8% of evaluation and management visits could not be identified as primary care visits or specialty visits.