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. 2009 Feb 26;8:12. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-8-12

Table 3.

Cost inputs: US perspective

Values Units Reference
Discount rates
Discount clinical 0.00 41
Discount costs 0.03 41
Management costs
Annual statins 947.74 US$ 42
Annual cost aspirin 23.01 US$ 42
Annual cost ACE 426.21 US$ 42
Annual cost screening for microalbuminuria 18.62 US$ 10
Annual cost screening for GFR 27.4 US$ 10
Stopping ACEs due to adverse events 0 US$ NA
Annual cost of eye screening 82.18 US$ 10
Foot screening program (monthly based) 0 US$ NA
Non-standard ulcer treatment (e.g. topical becaplermin) (monthly based) 167.64 US$ 43
Costs for CVD complications
MI year 1 37,421 US$ 10
MI year 2 and onwards 2,069 US$ 10
Angina year 1 7,424 US$ 10
Angina year 2 and onwards 1,917 US$ 10
CHF year 1 3,214 US$ 10
CHF year 2 and onwards 3,214 US$ 10
Stroke year 1 49,556 US$ 10
Stroke year 2 and onwards 16,539 US$ 10
Stroke death within 30 days 0 US$ NA
PVD year 1 4,707 US$ 44
PVD year 2 and onwards 4,707 US$ 44
Costs: renal complications
Hemodialysis costs year 1 45,638 US$ 10
Annual costs HD year 2 and onwards 45,638 US$ 10
Peritoneal dialysis costs year 1 45,638 US$ 10
Annual costs PD year 2 and onwards 45,638 US$ 10
Renal transplant costs year 1 45,638 US$ 10
Annual costs year 2 and onwards 0 US$ NA
Costs: acute events
Major hypoglycemic event 1,191 US$ 10
Ketoacidosis event 13,404 US$ 10
Lactic acid event 0 US$ NA
Costs: eye disease
Laser treatment 834 US$ 10
Cataract operation 2,655 US$ 10
Annual costs following cataract operation 0 US$ 44
Blindness year 1 4,039 US$ 10
Blindness year 2 and onwards 4,039 US$ 10
Costs neuropathy/foot ulcer/amputation
Neuropathy year 1 408 US$ 10
Neuropathy year 2 and onwards 408 US$ 10
Amputation (event-based) 33,257 US$ 10
Amputation prosthesis (event based) 1,195 US$ 10
Gangrene treatment (monthly based) 6,240 US$ 45
After healed ulcer (yearly based) 0 US$ NA
Infected ulcer (monthly based) 3,198 US$ 45
Standard uninfected ulcer (monthly based) 1,769 US$ 45
Healed ulcer history of amputation (yearly based) 0 US$ NA

ACE, angiotensin-converting enzyme; CHF, congestive heart failure; CVD, cardiovascular disease; GFR, glomerular filtration rate; MI, myocardial infarction; PVD, peripheral vascular disease.