title: The economic burden of inpatients with type 2 diabetes: a case study in a Chinese hospital.
abstract: The purpose of this research was to study the components, influencing factors, and their changing trend in a Chinese hospital, so as to reduce the economic burden of inpatients with type 2 diabetes. Data were collected from 7487 cases. There were 4368 inpatients with type 2 diabetes during 2002-2012 in a Chinese hospital. Multivariate linear regression analysis was performed to explore the influencing factors of hospitalization costs. The number of inpatients and their hospitalization costs had increasing trends in the study period. The medicine, test, and examination charges were the main sources of total costs. Longer hospital stays, older ages, and more times of hospitalization led to higher medical costs. Actions should be taken on all fronts to control the rapidly increasing trend of hospitalization costs and to reduce hospital stays and the number of times of hospitalization to reduce the economic burden of diabetic inpatients.
authors.affiliation: Wuhan University, School of Public Health/Global Health Institute, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Hao
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: WISCO General Hospital, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Xuan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.affiliation: WISCO General Hospital, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Zhi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: Wuhan University, School of Public Health/Global Health Institute, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Quan
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: WISCO General Hospital, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Jun-Mei
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: WISCO General Hospital, Wuhan, China.
authors.forename: Jing
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: WISCO General Hospital, Wuhan, China yuanli3365@163.com.
authors.forename: Li
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Yuan
mesh_terms: D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D044466:Asian People; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000191:economics*; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000191:economics*; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D007902:Length of Stay / Q000191:economics; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
keywords: cost components; hospitalization costs; influencing factors; type 2 diabetes