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

Table 4.

Average cost per person with diabetes (Int$) in 2005

GROUP 1 GROUP 2 GROUP 3
Summary of direct Cost of Diabetes Cost per diabetes patient (Int$) Cost per diabetes patient (Int$) Cost per diabetes patient (Int$)
(1). Total annual cost of insulin 309.7 403.9 687.4
(2). Total annual cost of syringes 56.5 40.5 69.0
(3). Total annual cost of reagent strips 81.4 58.4 99.3
(4). Total annual cost of glucose meters 1.0 0.7 1.2
(5). Total cost of oral drugs 13.2 23.6 44.1
(6). Total cost of OPD consultations 159.8 147.0 20.0
(7). Total cost of hospitalization 124.1 141.0 23.3
(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
Total Direct Cost 876.0 976.1 1,220.6
Summary of Indirect Cost of Diabetes
(10). Cost of permanent disability 9,297.2 3,342.1 813.5
(11). Cost of temporary disability 111.9 40.2 9.8
(12). Cost of premature deaths among the productive 1,024.7 368.3 89.7
(13). Productivity loss for care givers 121.8 43.8 10.7
Grand total indirect cost = 10,555.6 3,794.5 923.6
GRAND TOTAL COST 11,431.6 4,770.6 2,144.3

Note: These averages were obtained by dividing the itemized total costs in Tables 2 by 974000, 536000 and 5510000 diabetes cases in group 1, 2 and 3 respectively.

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