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. 2018 Dec 17;18:972. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3772-8

Table 2.

Characteristics of cost-of-illness studies for type 2 diabetes mellitus, arranged by year and reflecting costs incurred in the year stated

Sl no Author (Year of costing) Data source Sample size Study design Country Direct % PPP 2012 Indirect % PPP 2012
1 Shobana et al. [24]
(1997)
Hospital (PHD & GGD) 596 Retrospective India Median annual direct cost for PHD Rs.4510 GGD Rs.247 PHD 218.7 GGD 11.9
2 Ramachandran et al. [23]
(2005)
Hospitals, clinics, (Rural & Urban) 556 Retrospective India Median annual direct cost for urban Rs 10,000, rural Rs 6260 Urban 323.5 rural 202.5
3 Kumar et al. [25]
(2005)
Community 819 Retrospective India Mean direct cost Rs. 6000 194.1
4 Khowaja et al. [29]
(2005)
Clinics (P,G&NGO) 345 Retrospective Pakistan Mean direct cost Rs 11,580 270.9 Meanproductivity loss by participants Rs. 113 and attendants was Rs. 208 2.6
4.8
5 Tharkar et al. [26]
(2009)
Community 718 Retrospective India Median annual direct cost Rs. 25,391 83.70 605.3 The median annual indirect cost 4970 INR 16.3 118.5
6 Chandra et al. [27]
(2012)
Hospital 219 Retrospective India Average annual direct cost Rs 8822 69.08 163.9 Average annual indirect cost Rs. 3949 30.9 73.4
7 Suleiman et al. [30]
(2011–2012)
Hospital 321 Retrospective Nigeria Average annual direct cost NG 45531.19 284.5
8 Akari et al. [28]
(2012)
Hospital 150 Prospective observational India Average annual direct cost
with complication US$293.79
without complication US$27.7
98.8 92.6 293.7
27.7
Average annual indirect cost
with complication
US$20.34 without complication US$2.21
1.1
7.4
20.3
2.2

Note: PPP = Purchasing Power Parity. Local currencies were inflated applying the World Bank’s consumer price index (CPI) to make them equivalent to the cost in 2012, and then converted into USD as PPP applying the conversion rate on 3oth June 2012 using 1USD = 55.9 Indian Rupee, 94.9 Pakistan Rupee, and 160.0 Nigerian naira