Table 2.

Care‐seeking episodes included in patient cost estimates

Care‐seeking Episode	Description	Recall Period
Sick visit	Cost of current care seeking (during interview), and any out‐patient visit when the patient was ill due to DM outside the scheduled clinic appointments	1 month
Inpatient visit	Cost of admission due to DM	12 months
Drug collection visit	Cost of regular medicines prescribed to the patient to manage DM	Frequency of drug collection, ie, monthly/quarterly
Laboratory/diagnostic visits	Cost of routine laboratory/diagnostic services done at a health facility	Frequency of lab/diagnostic services, ie, monthly/quarterly
Scheduled clinic check‐up visits	Costs due to regular clinic appointments	Frequency of clinic appointments, ie, monthly/quarterly