Table 3:

Most common reasons for hospital admission, stratified by increase in prevalence and cost of hospital admission

Cost of admission in diabetes
Increased*Not increased
Prevalence of admission in diabetesIncreased*StrokeAcute renal failure
Urinary tract infectionHeart failure
Soft tissue and bone infectionsSepsis
Electrolyte disordersDelirium
Not increasedPneumonia COPD
  • Note: COPD = chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

  • * Both statistically significant at p < 0.05 and greater than 10% increase.