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. 2009 Mar 31;9:6. doi: 10.1186/1472-698X-9-6

Table 3.

Average cost per case of diabetes and diabetes related death (Int$) in 2005

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3
Cost items Cost per case diabetes per year Cost per diabetes case per year Cost per diabetes case per year
(1). Total annual cost of insulin 2,064.5 2,692.4 4,582.7
(2). Total annual cost of syringes 376.8 270.3 459.7
(3). Total annual cost of reagent strips 542.5 389.2 662.0
(4). Total annual cost of glucose meters 6.8 4.9 8.3
(5). Total cost of oral drugs 15.5 27.8 51.9
(6). Total cost of OPD consultations 159.8 147.0 20.0
(7). Total cost of hospitalization 827.2 940.1 155.0
(8). Total cost diabetes related test all people 84.6 90.1 188.1
(9). Monetary cost borne by households 45.7 70.9 88.3
(10). Cost of permanent disability 116,215.1 41,776.8 10,168.9
(11). Cost of temporary disability 121.7 43.7 10.6
(12). Cost of premature deaths among the productive 63,599.6 22,862.7 5,565.0
(13). Productivity loss for care givers 121.8 43.8 10.7
GRAND TOTAL COST 11,431.6 4,770.6 2,144.3

Note: The averages in this table were obtained by dividing the itemized total costs in Table 2 by the respective group's number of cases in need of insulin, syringes, reagent strips, glucose meters, oral drugs, hospital outpatient department consultations, hospitalization and diabetes related tests; and numbers of permanently disabled, temporary disabled, premature deaths and care givers.

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