American Diabetes Association

Table 1

Health resource use in the U.S., by diabetes status and type of service, 2017 (in millions of units)

Health resource	Population with diabetes				Incurred by population without diabetes	U.S. total*
	Attributed to diabetes		Incurred by people with diabetes
	Units	% of U.S. total	Units	% of U.S. total
Institutional care
Hospital inpatient days	22.6	13.9	40.3	24.8	122.2	162
Nursing/residential facility days	57.3	7.5	200.0	26.1	567.3	767
Hospice days	0.3	0.3	14.2	12.7	97.8	112
Outpatient care
Physician office visits	121.6	12.5	208.6	21.5	760.4	969
Emergency department visits	7.2	5.2	16.8	12.2	121.1	138
Hospital outpatient visits	13.5	11.7	22.2	19.2	93.0	115
Home health visits	10.1	5.0	43.0	21.2	159.9	203
Medication prescriptions	664.4	16.6	1,092.8	27.4	2,898.0	3,991

Health resource	Population with diabetes				Incurred by population without diabetes	U.S. total*
	Attributed to diabetes		Incurred by people with diabetes
	Units	% of U.S. total	Units	% of U.S. total
Institutional care
Hospital inpatient days	22.6	13.9	40.3	24.8	122.2	162
Nursing/residential facility days	57.3	7.5	200.0	26.1	567.3	767
Hospice days	0.3	0.3	14.2	12.7	97.8	112
Outpatient care
Physician office visits	121.6	12.5	208.6	21.5	760.4	969
Emergency department visits	7.2	5.2	16.8	12.2	121.1	138
Hospital outpatient visits	13.5	11.7	22.2	19.2	93.0	115
Home health visits	10.1	5.0	43.0	21.2	159.9	203
Medication prescriptions	664.4	16.6	1,092.8	27.4	2,898.0	3,991

Data sources: NIS (2014), CMS MDS (2013), NAMCS (2013–2015), NHAMCS (2012–2014), MEPS (2011–2015), and NHHCS (2007), OptumInsight dNHI (2015), and Medicare 5% SAFs (2014).

Numbers do not necessarily sum to totals because of rounding.

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