American Diabetes Association

Table 6—

Proportion of total U.S. health care use attributable to diabetes for various conditions

Service^*	Diabetes	Chronic complications									General medical conditions	Total
Service^*	Diabetes			Neurological	Peripheral vascular	Cardiovascular	Renal	Metabolic	Ophthalmic	Other	General medical conditions	Total
Institutional care
Inpatient days	100	7	8	19	10	13	8	3	8	9
Nursing home days	100	15	12	19	20	13	0	4	9	15
Outpatient care
Physician office visits	100	8	6	20	8	14	6	2	5	7
Emergency visits	100	7	7	20	7	13	17	1	4	4
Hospital outpatient visits	100	9	8	22	8	14	12	1	4	7
Home health visits	100	7	9	19	12	7	9	3	11	18
Hospice care days	100	5	9	19	10	11	0	0	13	14

Service^*	Diabetes	Chronic complications									General medical conditions	Total
Service^*	Diabetes			Neurological	Peripheral vascular	Cardiovascular	Renal	Metabolic	Ophthalmic	Other	General medical conditions	Total
Institutional care
Inpatient days	100	7	8	19	10	13	8	3	8	9
Nursing home days	100	15	12	19	20	13	0	4	9	15
Outpatient care
Physician office visits	100	8	6	20	8	14	6	2	5	7
Emergency visits	100	7	7	20	7	13	17	1	4	4
Hospital outpatient visits	100	9	8	22	8	14	12	1	4	7
Home health visits	100	7	9	19	12	7	9	3	11	18
Hospice care days	100	5	9	19	10	11	0	0	13	14

Data are %.

Differences across service types in the proportion of total health care use attributable to diabetes occur because the etiological fraction for a particular medical condition differs by demographic group, and the demographic characteristics of patients receiving services differ by type of service.

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