Table 4.

Cost of diabetes in Nepal

Source of cost	Study year	Study setting	Amount (NPR)	Amount (US dollar)	Reference
Average cost per prescription	2006	Sample frame: outpatient pharmacy (OPP); Urban setting Sample: 182 DMT2 patients Study design: cross sectional	1156.2	16.2	(39)
Total cost per visit	2010	Sample frame: A public hospital, a private hospital and two polyclinics one each in Kathmandu and Lalitpur Sample: 227 DMT2 patients Study design: cross sectional	NR	Mean cost per patient per visit Public sector: Mean 5.1, SD 253, 95% CI 4.3–5.9 Private sector: Mean 17.5, SD 948.2, CI 15.4–9.6	(47)
Total cost per month	2010	Sample frame: A public hospital, a private hospital and two polyclinics one each in Kathmandu and Lalitpur Sample: 227 DMT2 patients Study design: cross sectional	NR	Mean cost of illness per patient per month Mean 40.4, SD 2232.7, 95% CI 36.4–44.5	(47)
Total cost per annum	2010	Sample frame: a public hospital, a private hospital and two polyclinics one each in Kathmandu and Lalitpur Sample: 227 DMT2 patients Study design: cross sectional	NR	Mean cost per patient per annum Mean 445.9, SD 27534.9, 95% CI 396.1–495.6	(47)
Total cost per annum	2002–2003	Sample frame: Two sites in Dhulikhel community and Kathmandu's Diabetes clinic; rural and urban setting Sample: 60 DMT2 patients Study design: Prospective observational follow-up	Cost to the health system and the patient per annum 5470	NR	(33)

NR=Not Reported.