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Table 3 Direct medical costs of diabetes complications in Brazil, 2001

From: Cost-effectiveness of a national population-based screening program for type 2 diabetes: the Brazil experience

Diabetes complication

Type of cost

Cost (2001 US$)

Nephropathy

 Clinical nephropathy

One time

267

 End stage renal disease

Annual

9527

Neuropathy

 Peripheral neuropathy

One time

18

 Lower extremity amputation

One time

309

Retinopathy

 Photocoagulation

One time

15

Coronary heart disease

 Angina

One time

776

 

Annual

669

 History of CA/MI

Annual

669

 CA/MI death without hospitalization

One time

15

 CA/MI death within 30 days with hospitalization

One time

368

 CA/MI survivors

One time

776

Stroke

 Stroke

One time

955

 

Annual

462

 Immediate death from stroke

One time

180

Cost of death

One time

304

  1. End-stage renal disease
  2. CA cardiac arrest, MI myocardial infarction