Demographics, medication use, and admission characteristics of patients hospitalized with diabetes in Ontario, Canada: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In Canada, one in seven adults has diabetes (i.e., 2.3 million) and the lifetime risk of developing diabetes is approximately 30% by age 65. Although 30% of patients admitted to the hospital have diabetes, data from inpatient hospitalizations for patients with diabetes are lacking, both in Canada and globally.

Objective

To validate International Classification of Diseases 10th edition Canadian version (ICD-10-CA) codes for the identification of patients with diabetes, to create a multicenter database of patients with diabetes hospitalized under internal medicine in Ontario, and to determine their baseline characteristics, medication use, and admission characteristics.

Study design

We created a database of people who had diabetes and were hospitalized betwee

SUBMITTER: Colacci M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11361565 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature