Table 3

Description of costs, HNR study, Germany*

Age-standardized and sex-standardized† proportions of persons with healthcare in % (95% CI‡)Age–sex standardized† mean costs per person in €(95% CI‡)
Full sampleNormal fasting glycemiaImpaired fasting glycemiaPreviously undetected diabetesPreviously diagnosed diabetesFull sampleNormal fasting glycemiaImpaired fasting glycemiaPreviously undetected diabetesPreviously diagnosed diabetes
(N=1709)(N=951)(N=403)(N=105)(N=250)(N=1709)(N=951)(N=403)(N=105)(N=250)
Inpatient care per person and year
 Hospitalization21.2 (19.3 to 23.2)20.8 (18.3 to 23.5)19.9 (16.1 to 24.0)19.7 (12.6 to 28.2)26.6 (21.3 to 32.9)845 (741 to 975)784 (652 to 954)806 (593 to 1078)1128 (487 to 3169)1186 (879 to 1600)
Outpatient care per person and year
 Total outpatient contacts91.1 (89.6 to 92.4)90.2 (88.0 to 92.2)91.4 (88.1 to 93.9)90.5 (83.6 to 95.3)92.2 (87.8 to 95.1)782 (734 to 865)720 (664 to 862)847 (717 to 1152)741 (591 to 963)934 (844 to 1037)
 Outpatient contacts with EBM reimbursement (German compensation scheme)91.1 (89.6 to 92.4)90.2 (88.0 to 92.2)91.4 (88.1 to 93.9)90.5 (83.6 to 95.3)92.2 (87.8 to 95.1)645 (616 to 678)610 (573 to 652)653 (594 to 728)645 (520 to 832)749 (676 to 841)
 Outpatient contacts associated with costs for dialysis equipment0.2 (0.0 to 0.4)0.1 (0.0 to 0.5)0.4 (0.0 to 1.6)0.00.040 (13 to 116)32 (0 to 169)108 (0 to 393)0.000.00
 Outpatient contacts with extrabudgetary services27.0 (25.0 to 29.1)27.5 (24.8 to 30.4)27.4 (23.0 to 31.9)21.8 (14.0 to 30.3)26.2 (20.6 to 32.2)25 (20 to 32)24 (18 to 35)23 (15 to 43)23 (8 to 81)27 (18 to 54)
 Other outpatient services76.7 (74.6 to 78.7)75.4 (72.5 to 78.2)77.9 (73.5 to 82.0)73.2 (63.5 to 80.7)78.1 (71.9 to 83.3)73 (64 to 83)54 (44 to 67)62 (47 to 91)73 (41 to 131)158 (134 to 187)
Medication per person and year
 Intake of drugs84.8 (83.0 to 86.5)83.7 (81.2 to 86.2)83.6 (79.7 to 87.2)83.9 (75.3 to 90.2)89.4 (84.6 to 93.0)379 (339 to 455)305 (271 to 381)382 (297 to 641)342 (234 to 585)641 (559 to 750)
 Intake of drugs without antihyperglycemic drugs (ATC A 10)84.6
(82.7 to 86.2)
83.7 (81.2 to 86.2)83.6 (79.7 to 87.2)83.9 (75.3 to 90.2)87.8 (82.9 to 91.7)352 (314 to 429)305 (271 to 381)382 (297 to 641)342 (234 to 585)457 (390 to 546)
 Intake of cardiovascular drugs (ATC C)54.4 (51.9 to 56.7)47.5 (44.3 to 50.7)55.8 (51.0 to 60.6)61.3 (52.0 to 70.6)75.6 (69.7 to 81.0)109 (101 to 118)86 (76 to 99)110 (95 to 129)111 (87 to 147)201 (172 to 236)
Total direct healthcare per person and year
 Total direct healthcare91.9 (90.3 to 93.1)91.1 (89.0 to 93.0)92.0 (88.9 to 94.5)90.5 (83.6 to 95.3)93.6 (89.5 to 96.2)2006 (1859 to 2175)1810 (1634 to 2035)2035 (1732 to 2486)2210 (1483 to 4279)2761 (2378 to 3268)
  • *Study period: four complete quarters before the follow-up examination (ie, 1 year).

  • †Age-standardized and sex-standardized; standard: German population 31 December 2006 (http://www.destatis.de).

  • ‡BCA-method using bootstrap procedures.

  • ATC, anatomical therapeutic chemical; BCA, bias corrected and accelerated; EBM, einheitlicher bewertungsmaßstab; HNR, Heinz Nixdorf Recall study.