Does size matter? Hospital volume and resource use in paediatric diabetes care.

Silvia A G de VriesJessica C G BakDick MulMichel W J M WoutersMax NieuwdorpCarianne L VerheugtTheo C J Sas

Published in: Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association (2023)

Care provision patterns vary by hospital patient volume. Large hospitals had the lowest hospitalisation rates. The use of diabetes technology was not different between hospital patient volumes. Medium-sized hospitals showed the highest overall expenditure, but diabetes care costs were similar across hospital volumes.

Keyphrases

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