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. 2015 Oct 29;33(7):877–885. doi: 10.1111/dme.12965

Table 1.

Total diabetes resource use (total costs) and costs per person‐year for the entire diabetes population according to complication status and gender

Cost item Total costs (EUR) Total cost per person‐years (EUR)
ALL C0 C1 C2 ALL C0 C1 C2
Healthcare costs 1,638,237,935 553,933,413 319,439,149 764,865,373 5,509 3,361 5,508 10,257
Women 741,592,485 302,682,783 139,460,753 299,448,949 5,140 3,445 5,670 9,409
Men 896,645,450 251,250,630 179,978,396 465,416,424 5,857 3,265 5,388 10,889
Primary care 221,176,905 110,599,788 42,068,988 68,508,128 744 671 725 919
Women 113,618,643 63,234,638 19,779,391 30,604,615 787 720 804 962
Men 107,558,262 47,365,151 22,289,598 37,903,514 703 616 667 887
Secondary care 1,417,061,030 443,333,624 277,370,161 696,357,244 4,765 2,690 4,782 9,339
Women 627,973,841 239,448,145 119,681,362 268,844,335 4,352 2,725 4,866 8,447
Men 789,087,188 203,885,480 157,688,799 427,512,910 5,154 2,650 4,721 10,002
Pharmaceutical drug costs 255,799,680 102,638,292 62,354,493 90,806,895 860 623 1,075 1,218
Women 124,231,968 56,257,489 28,124,315 39,850,163 861 640 1,143 1,252
Men 131,567,712 46,380,803 34,230,178 50,956,732 859 603 1,025 1,192
Nursing costs 1,913,057,725 486,635,500 319,986,457 1,106,435,768 6,433 2,953 5,517 14,838
Women 1,181,279,919 347,648,931 197,983,759 635,647,229 8,187 3,957 8,050 19,973
Men 731,777,784 138,986,589 122,002,705 470,788,491 4,780 1,806 3,652 11,015
Nursing home 850,952,193 211,354,084 128,233,596 511,364,513 2,862 1,282 2,211 6,858
Women 537,556,556 151,368,523 82,046,366 304,141,667 3,726 1,723 3,336 9,556
Men 313,395,637 59,985,561 46,187,229 207,222,847 2,047 780 1,383 4,848
Nursing in own home 682,300,980 207,788,535 123,110,097 351,402,347 2,294 1,261 2,123 4,713
Women 421,328,648 149,028,783 75,136,381 197,163,484 2,920 1,696 3,055 6,195
Men 260,972,332 58,759,753 47,973,716 154,238,863 1,705 764 1,436 3,609
Home nurse in own home 379,804,552 67,492,881 68,642,764 243,668,907 1,277 410 1,183 3,268
Women 222,394,715 47,251,626 40,801,011 134,342,079 1,541 538 1,659 4,221
Men 157,409,815 20,241,275 27,841,759 109,326,781 1,028 263 833 2,558
Productivity loss 1,770,021,767 584,202,697 360,442,062 825,377,008 5,952 3,545 6,214 11,069
Women 550,569,259 245,373,990 101,862,861 203,332,408 3,816 2,793 4,142 6,389
Men 1,219,452,507 338,828,707 258,579,201 622,044,600 7,965 4,403 7,741 14,553
Lost income 912,272,022 413,992,645 184,680,345 313,599,033 3,068 2,512 3,184 4,206
Women 317,068,466 190,042,378 47,083,003 79,943,085 2,198 2,163 1,914 2,512
Men 595,203,557 223,950,267 137,597,342 233,655,947 3,888 2,910 4,119 5,467
Lost productivity in 2011 as a result of premature mortality 32,477,477 3,584,403 5,659,401 23,233,674 109 22 98 312
Women 8,209,904 884,182 1,901,945 5,423,777 57 10 77 170
Men 24,267,574 2,700,221 3,757,456 17,809,896 159 35 112 417
Lost productivity in 2011 as a result of premature deaths before 2011 723,048,722 122,775,598 144,419,340 455,853,784 2,431 745 2,490 6,113
Women 187,784,170 35,195,124 44,329,134 108,259,911 1,302 401 1,802 3,402
Men 535,264,552 87,580,474 100,090,205 347,593,872 3,496 1,138 2,996 8,132
Absence 102,223,545 43,850,051 25,682,976 32,690,518 344 266 443 438
Women 37,506,720 19,252,307 8,548,779 9,705,634 260 219 348 305
Men 64,716,826 24,597,745 17,134,197 22,984,884 423 320 513 538
Total additional costs 1,096,979,996 285,846,918 193,084,112 618,048,966 3,689 1,734 3,329 8,288
Women 499,242,465 152,580,215 81,802,942 264,859,308 3,460 1,737 3,326 8,322
Men 597,737,531 133,266,704 111,281,170 353,189,657 3,904 1,732 3,331 8,263
Education, prevention, psychological assistance etc. 23,510,431 13,124,212 4,710,462 5,675,757 79 80 81 76
Women 11,433,432 7,005,481 1,995,657 2,432,294 79 80 81 76
Men 12,076,999 6,118,731 2,714,805 3,243,462 79 80 81 76
SMBG and pumps 66,392,321 38,767,809 13,283,599 14,340,912 223 235 229 192
Women 32,467,058 20,693,596 5,627,794 6,145,668 225 236 229 193
Men 33,925,263 18,074,213 7,655,806 8,195,243 222 235 229 192
Medical appliances 57,486,656 0 0 57,486,656 193 0 0 771
Women 24,635,388 0 0 24,635,388 171 0 0 774
Men 32,851,268 0 0 32,851,268 215 0 0 769
Patients’ and informal care givers’ time 345,542,010 183,886,084 66,482,029 95,173,897 1,162 1,116 1,146 1,276
Women 167,107,269 98,155,258 28,166,096 40,785,915 1,158 1,117 1,145 1,282
Men 178,434,741 85,730,825 38,315,933 54,387,982 1,166 1,114 1,147 1,272
Depreciation 604,048,579 50,068,814 108,608,022 445,371,743 2,031 304 1,873 5,973
Women 263,599,318 26,725,880 46,013,396 190,860,043 1,827 304 1,871 ½5,997
Men 340,449,260 23,342,934 62,594,626 254,511,701 2,224 303 1,874 5,955
Total for all cost items 6,674,097,103 2,013,256,821 1,255,306,273 3,405,534,010 22,443 12,216 21,643 45,670
Women 3,096,916,097 1,104,543,408 549,234,630 1,443,138,059 21,465 12,572 22,331 45,345
Men 3,577,180,985 908,713,433 706,071,649 1,962,395,903 23,365 11,809 21,137 45,912

C0, no complications; C1, minor complications; C2, major complications; SMBG, self‐monitoring of blood glucose.