Table 2. Estimated cost of diabetes incurred by governments.
| Solomon Islands | Nauru | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual cost | Annual | Annual cost | Annual | |||
| per person | national cost | per person | national cost | |||
| (N = 197) | (N = 45,465)* | (N = 133) | (N = 1,571)* | |||
| (cost in 1000s) | (cost in 1000s) | |||||
| SBD | AUD | SBD | AUD | AUD | AUD | |
| Outpatient ** | $119 | $15±2 | $5,410 | $685±81 | $28±3 | $44±5 |
| Solomon Islands = average 6±0.7 visits/person/year | ||||||
| Nauru = average 9±1.1 visits/person/year | ||||||
| Inpatient *** | $1,620 | $205±61 | $73,667 | $9,325±2783 | $621±147 | $975±230 |
| Solomon Islands = average 6±2.4 days/person/year | ||||||
| Nauru = average 9±2.1 days/person/year | ||||||
| Prescription medications **** | ||||||
| ▪ Oral hypoglycaemic | $205 | $26 | $9,314 | $1,179 | $29 | $46, |
| ▪ Insulin | $144 | $18 | $6,569 | $832 | $27 | $42 |
| ▪ Antihypertensive | $94 | $12 | $4,291 | $543 | $18 | $28 |
| ▪ Antibiotic | $16 | $2 | $706 | $89 | $21 | $31 |
| ▪ Pain relief / anti-inflammatory | $20 | $3 | $918 | $116 | $2 | $4 |
| Total cost for prescription medications | $479 | $61±1.9 | $25,215 | $3,198±86 | $98±2.6 | $153±4 |
| Overall cost incurred by governments | $2,218 | $281±62 | $100,874 | $12,769±2805® | $747±148 | $1,173±231® |
*People with diabetes aged 20–79 years
** Solomon Islands = number of persons reported 91(46.2%) with minimum cost AUD10 /year and maximum cost AUD243/year. Nauru = number of persons reported 81 (60.9%) with minimum cost AUD12/year and maximum cost AUD288/year.
*** Solomon Islands = number of persons reported 15(7.5%) with minimum cost AUD303/year and maximum cost AUD6075/year. Nauru = number of persons reported 20 (15.0%) with minimum cost AUD680/year and maximum cost AUD9520/year.
**** Solomon Islands = number of persons reported on oral-anti-diabetic tablets 151 (76.6%); insulin 13 (6.6%); antihypertensive 44 (22.3%); antibiotics 4(2.0%); pain relief/anti-inflammatory 4 (2%). Nauru = number of persons reported on oral-anti-diabetic tablets 65 (48.9%); insulin 9(6.8%); antihypertensive 31 (23.3%); antibiotics 12(9.0%); pain relief/anti-inflammatory 3(6.8%).
® Approximately 20% of the respective government’s annual health care expenditure
SBD = Solomon Islands Dollar; AUD = Australian Dollar