Value in Health Regional Issues Economic Burden of Diabetes Mellitus on Patients with Respiratory Failure Requiring Mechanical Ventilation during Hospitalizations Wei-Erh Cheng, MD, Li-Ting Su, MS, Shuo-Chueh Chen, MD, Tsai-Chung Li, PhD, Hsiang-Wen Lin, PhD Value in Health Regional Issues Volume 3, Pages 33-38 (May 2014) DOI: 10.1016/j.vhri.2014.02.003 Copyright © 2014 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Terms and Conditions
Fig. 1 Comparison of total medical expenditure (US $) among patients with respiratory failure with and without DM after adjustments, stratified by status on discharge. Note. The adjustment covariates included age, sex, hospital level, urbanization, number of comorbidities, length of hospital stay, existence of dysfunction systems, and holding the catastrophic illness card. DM, diabetes mellitus. Value in Health Regional Issues 2014 3, 33-38DOI: (10.1016/j.vhri.2014.02.003) Copyright © 2014 International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) Terms and Conditions