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. 2019 Feb 27;4(1):e001258. doi: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001258

Table 2.

Cost components from studies based on data from provider/system perspective

Country/study Diabetes type Outpatient (per visit) Cost components, average per person (2016 US$)
Outpatient visits
(per year)
Laboratory (per year) Medicines (per year) Inpatient (per year)
LMICs (n=1) Bangladesh40 2 * 24.00 27.00 194.00
UMICs (n=10) Iran41 2 * * 4.72 * *
Thailand42 1 and 2 3.99 18.09 14.74 26.41 24.95
China43 1 and 2 * * * * 990.79
China44 * * * * 1790.22
Mexico45 2 10.75 84.81 * 73.07 *
Mexico46 2 42.32 173.29 24.13 * *
Brazil47 2 4.75 8.66 16.16 91.30 *
Brazil48 1 * * 56.93 415.47 29.44
Turkey49 2 * * * 668.41 *
Argentina50 1 and 2 21.74 152.43 40.06 679.60

*Authors did not provide data on this cost component.

LMIC, lower middle-income country; UMIC, upper middle-income country.