The cost of type 2 diabetes in Brazil: evaluation of a diabetes care center in the city of São Paulo, Brazil

Table 4 Results comparison to other T2DM COI studies

	Cost-of-illness study of T2DM Colombia	Cost-of-illness study of T2DMIran	Rosibel de los Angeles T2DM Mexico	CODE-2 B. Jonsson T2DM Europe	Luciana R. Bahia T2DM Brazil	Natalie B. Borges T2DM Brazil
Year of publication	2009	2011	2010	2002	2011
Total cost*	2.7 billion	3.78 billion	4.5 billion	EUR 29 billion	––	––
Total annual cost	847	1707	3194**	EUR	2108	1844
per patient*				2834**
Indirect cost	66%	51%	––	––	33%	45%
Direct cost	34%	49%	––	––	63%	55%
Medication	47%	46%***	––	7%	48%	42%
Laboratory	––	––	––	21%	––	34%****
Procedures and	––	––	18%	55%	––	14%
Hospitalizations Consultations	––	––	––	18%	––	4%

*The costs in all studies are shown in US$, except where indicated.
**Indirect costs were not calculated in these studies.
***This percentage refers only to patients without complications.
****This percentage refers to the cost of laboratory exams (7%) added to those of strips (27%).

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