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. 2017 Jun 26;8(4):899–913. doi: 10.1007/s13300-017-0285-0

Table 8.

Comparison of the cost of hypoglycemia for Spain, Denmark, and the UK

Cost (Spanish €) Spain Denmarka UKb
Severe Non-severe Total Severe Non-severe Total Severe Non-severe Total
Direct cost per episode
 T1DM 716.82 7.09 86.47 1.59 176.94 12.72
 T2DM 680.49 14.61 86.99 2.26 391.15 12.72
Direct cost per 100,000 general population per year
 T1DM 412,896 399,525 812,422 26,200 79,231 105,431 268,387 174,862 443,249
 T2DM 216,742 395,460 612,202 6498 46,283 52,781 175,206 83,030 258,236
 Total 629,639 794,985 1,424,624 32,699 125,514 158,212 443,593 257,892 701,485

T1DM type 1 diabetes mellitus, T2DM type 2 diabetes mellitus

aCosts have been converted from DKK to Spanish EUR using the purchasing power parities for 2016 of 7.199 and 0.663 for Denmark and Spain, respectively, obtained from OECD [31]

bCosts have been converted from GBP to Spanish EUR using the purchasing power parities for 2016 of 0.690 and 0.663 for the UK and Spain, respectively, obtained from OECD [31]