Is hypoglycemia expensive in China?

ABSTRACT:

Background

As a common medical emergency in individuals with diabetes, hypoglycemia events can impose significant demands on hospital resources. Based on diabetes patients with and without hypoglycemia, we assess the cost of hypoglycemic events on China's hospital system.

Method

Our study sample comprised 7110 diabetes episodes, including 1417 patients with hypoglycemia (297 patients with severe and 1120 with non-severe hypoglycemia) and 5693 diabetes patients without hypoglycemia. Data on patient social-demographics, length of hospital stay, and hospitalization costs were collected on each patient from Health Information System in Shandong province, China. The additional hospital costs caused by hypoglycemia were assessed by the cost difference between diabetes patients wit

SUBMITTER: Lan K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7870220 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature