Excess cost burden of diabetes in Southern India: a clinic-based, comparative cost-of-illness study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

There are few data on excess direct and indirect costs of diabetes in India and limited data on rural costs of diabetes. We aimed to further explore these aspects of diabetes burdens using a clinic-based, comparative cost-of-illness study.

Methods

Persons with diabetes (n = 606) were recruited from government, private, and rural clinics and compared to persons without diabetes matched for age, sex, and socioeconomic status (n = 356). We used interviewer-administered questionnaires to estimate direct costs (outpatient, inpatient, medication, laboratory, and procedures) and indirect costs [absence from (absenteeism) or low productivity at (presenteeism) work]. Excess costs were calculated as the difference between costs reported by persons with and wit

SUBMITTER: Sharma KM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5870439 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature