Both groups have similar age, sex, and mean serum glucose on admission. There were also no
differences between the two groups in terms of number of patients with chronic diabetic complications, acute
concurrent illness and pattern of hypoglycemic drugs used for treatment. Average length of hospital stay of the
study group was significantly lower than that of the control group (3.94 1.03 vs 6.38 4.05; p = 0.0005).
There were also a significant decrease in the mean number of capillary blood glucose tests performed in the
study group compared to the control group (10.03 5.04 vs 12.34 5.96; p = 0.048). Subsequent readmissions
with recurrent hypoglycemia at 1 and 3 months interval after being discharged from the hospital
decreased significantly in the study group (6.06 % vs 34.38 %; p = 0.036). While there was considerable
reduction in mean medical cost in the study group, it did not reached a statistically significant difference when
compared with the control group ( 2,743.58 1,473.04 vs 3,687 3,110.82; p = 0.06).