Health resource use attributed to diabetes in the U.S., by age and type of service, 2007 (in thousands)
| Health resource | Age (years) | Total* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| < 45 | 45–64 | ≥ 65 | ||||
| Institutional care | ||||||
| Hospital inpatient days | 2,115 | 7,586 | 14,562 | 24,262 | ||
| Nursing/residential facility days | 1,269 | 11,103 | 43,687 | 56,059 | ||
| Outpatient care | ||||||
| Office-based physician visits | 7,353 | 26,552 | 30,808 | 64,713 | ||
| Emergency visits | 1,499 | 1,984 | 2,084 | 5,567 | ||
| Hospital outpatient and freestanding ambulatory surgical center visits | 1,307 | 2,535 | 1,888 | 5,730 | ||
| Home health visits | 0 | 8,939 | 18,449 | 27,388 | ||
| Hospice care days | 4 | 22 | 165 | 192 | ||
| Retail prescriptions | 15,181 | 71,295 | 88,841 | 175,317 | ||
↵* Numbers do not necessarily sum to totals because of rounding.