PHC4 | Diabetes-Related Inpatient Hospitalizations in Pennsylvania 1997 | Diabetes-Related Hospitalizations By Complication

Diabetes-Related Inpatient Hospitalizations in Pennsylvania 1997 - Diabetes-Related Hospitalizations By Complication - Table 7

Cases involving diabetes-related heart disease admissions led the way in terms of total volume of cases, number of days hospitalized and total hospital charges.
Diabetes patients also suffering from renal disease and stroke had the highest rates of in hospital mortality and overall severity of illness.
Those patients undergoing a lower-extremity amputation had the highest average charges and the longest lengths of stay of all those with diabetes-related complications.

	CASES	DOLLARS	DAYS	AVERAGE		MORTALITY	AVERAGE
*Average severity refers to the level of illness severity upon admission to the hospital. Atlas Outcomes ^TM, a product of MediQual Systems, Inc. is used to collect and calculate these average patient severity scores.
Complication	#	Total	Total	Dollars	Days	%	Severity*
Short-term complications	29,161	$466,547,557	210,980	$15,999	7.2	2.8%	1.5
Lower-Extremity Amputation	5,125	$155,545,596	62,353	$30,350	12.2	3.8%	1.9
Renal Disease-End Stage	25,451	$556,679,899	206,019	$21,873	8.1	5.7%	2.1
Eye Disease	12,785	$228,491,784	90,088	$17,872	7.0	2.5%	1.8
Heart Disease	141,771	$2,552,681,436	917,804	$18,006	6.5	4.2%	1.9
Stroke	6,747	$100,618,265	52,090	$14,913	7.7	6.3%	2.1
Neurological Manifestations	24,131	$418,021,310	187,577	$17,323	7.8	2.5%	1.8
Other Vascular Disease	34,439	$687,528,338	280,703	$19,964	8.2	3.6%	1.9