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Table 2 Health services utilization

From: Efficiency of the Austrian disease management program for diabetes mellitus type 2: a historic cohort study based on health insurance provider’s routine data

 

Average number of outpatient services received (2009)

Profession*

Enrolled patients(N = 314)

Non-participating patients(N = 11,885)

Difference

P-Value

Medical services

    

Internal medicine

15,89

9,08

6,81

<0.001

General medicine

48,90

41,66

7,24

<0.001

Ophtalmology

6,01

3,66

2,35

<0.001

Dentistry

3,88

3,32

0,56

0.061

Urology

2,50

2,29

0,21

<0.001

Orthopedics

2,16

2,25

−0,09

<0.001

Diagnostic services

    

Laboratory service

13,11

8,97

4,14

<0.001

Computer/Magnetic Resonance Tomography

3,16

1,57

1,59

<0.001

Radiology

5,38

4,27

1,11

0.978

Outpatient care centers

    

Ambulatory health care centers

6,41

4,14

2,27

<0.001

Outpatient clinic for physical medicine

2,79

1,67

1,12

0.158

Other health care practitioners

    

Physiotherapy

2,10

1,78

0,32

0.105

Non-medical services

    

Orthopedic shoemaking

0,32

0,15

0,17

<0.001

Hearing aid acoustician

0,07

0,05

0,02

0.109

Wound care bandaging

17,23

31,24

−14,01

0.903

Transport service

7,61

31,09

−23,48

0.019

Other

17,62

19,55

−1,93

<0.001

All services**

185,21

190,65

−5,44

<0.001

  1. * Professions cumulatively accounting for 90% of total reimbursement for outpatient services are included only.
  2. ** All services include all reimbursed outpatient services.
  3. All variables were compared with the Mann–Whitney U-test.