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

Table 3 Hospitalization rates of diabetes patients

	2009
	Enrolled patients (N = 314)	Non-participating patients (N = 11,885)	P Value
Patients hospitalized - no. (%)	110 (35.0)	4,233 (35.6)	0,833
Average number of hospital stays (all patients)	0.63	0.80	0.636
Average days spent in hospital (all patients)	3.75	6.03	0.381
Average number of hospital stays (patients hospitalized)	1,79	2,24	0.259
Average days spent in hospital (patients hospitalized)	10,71	16,94	0.007
Average length of hospital stays (patients hospitalized)	6,32	7,82	0.019

The share of patients hospitalized was compared with Pearson's chi-square test, otherwise the Mann–Whitney U-test was used.

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