Table 5

Annual quantities of diabetes-related resource use for patients with type 2 diabetes by region/country

Country/regionNumber of other physician visits including GP visitsNumber of endocrinologist/diabetologist visitsNumber of hospitalizations due to diabetesNumber of days of inpatient careNumber of emergency room visitsNumber (%) unemployed because of diabetes*Number of sick leave days
Eurasia (n=1834)6.5 (7.6)11.8 (9.0)1.7 (4.1)16.0 (29.6)0.2 (0.9)184 (10.0)17.5 (35.4)
Georgia (n=152)1.8 (3.7)11.8 (5.6)0.4 (1.4)1.8 (7.6)0.0 (0.3)11 (7.2)5.0 (20.5)
Kazakhstan (n=413)7.0 (6.1)11.3 (6.9)1.9 (2.9)19.4 (30.1)0.3 (1.1)34 (8.2)23.6 (40.6)
Russia (n=540)7.0 (9.0)9.6 (7.6)0.7 (1.6)9.5 (26.9)0.2 (0.9)47 (8.7)8.2 (21.8)
Ukraine (n=353)5.4 (6.4)11.7 (9.3)2.9 (7.6)20.3 (34.3)0.3 (1.2)38 (10.8)23.4 (42.3)
Uzbekistan (n=376)7.9 (7.8)15.4 (12.1)2.3 (3.2)23.6 (29.9)0.1 (0.6)54 (14.4)22.9 (37.5)
Africa (n=2220)†3.8 (5.8)4.3 (5.2)0.6 (1.9)4.7 (22.7)0.4 (1.7)47 (2.1)11.6 (44.4)
Algeria (n=514)3.7 (4.4)2.3 (3.9)0.24 (1.0)2.9 (18.3)0.2 (0.8)7 (1.4)4.1 (25.3)
Cameroon (n=524)6.9 (8.2)5.7 (6.2)0.9 (2.2)9.9 (36.0)0.6 (1.7)23 (4.4)29.5 (75.1)
Egypt (n=371)3.2 (6.1)7.4 (7.2)0.7 (2.7)3.8 (20.7)0.4 (1.5)6 (1.6)10.3 (35.7)
Morocco (n=498)2.0 (3.9)3.6 (3.2)0.6 (1.8)3.3 (12.2)0.6 (2.5)7 (1.4)4.3 (14.4)
Tunisia (n=313)2.7 (3.7)3.9 (3.6)0.4 (1.4)2.1 (9.3)0.3 (1.5)4 (1.3)4.5 (23.1)
Middle East (n=2065)4.4 (6.7)3.8 (4.7)0.3 (1.2)1.1 (6.1)0.2 (1.0)19 (0.9)1.4 (6.8)
Jordan (n=296)5.2 (4.9)2.3 (3.6)0.3 (1.4)1.4 (7.7)0.2 (0.9)4 (1.4)3.4 (12.0)
KSA (n=199)6.1 (8.4)4.6 (5.8)0.4 (1.4)2.0 (8.3)0.4 (1.5)3 (1.5)2.1 (6.7)
Lebanon (n=1059)2.0 (3.8)4.4 (4.1)0.3 (1.2)1.1 (5.3)0.1 (0.8)8 (0.8)0.7 (4.1)
UAE (n=511)8.1 (9.0)3.2 (5.6)0.2 (1.0)0.6 (5.3)0.2 (1.2)4 (0.8)1.6 (7.6)
South Asia (n=1195)2.5 (7.0)8.8 (7.6)0.4 (1.5)1.5 (6.7)0.2 (1.4)26 (2.2)4.6 (19.7)
India (n=994)1.0 (3.3)9.5 (7.6)0.3 (1.2)1.2 (5.8)0.1 (0.9)20 (2.0)3.9 (18.9)
Pakistan (n=201)11.6 (13.7)4.2 (6.5)0.8 (2.6)3.0 (10.4)0.8 (2.8)6 (3.0)8.8 (23.4)
Turkey (n=842)5.3 (6.0)2.6 (4.2)1.3 (2.7)10.8 (34.3)0.9 (4.1)43 (5.1)8.0 (34.4)
  • *The whole population is considered for percentage calculations.

  • †Owingto the small sample size (N=50), data from Senegal were not included in this table.

  • GP, general practitioner; KSA, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia; UAE, United Arab Emirates.