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Table 3 Direct outpatient costs related to end stage renal disease in patients with diabetes, Brazil/2014

From: Economic burden of diabetes in Brazil in 2014

Cost components

Costs per person/year (Int$)a

Total costs (Int$)

Dialysis (n = 32,481)

  

Dialysis sessions, preparation and maintenance of arteriovenous fistulas, catheter implant and removal, maintenance and accompaniment of peritoneal dialysis

13,005

422,433,440

Erythropoietin (77%)b

343.8

8,598,298

Parenteral iron (53%)

101.5

1,747,310

Sevelamer (40%)

1662

21,602,337

Calcitriol (27%)

2595

8,697,590

Cinacalcet (4%)

7342

9,539,679

Paricalcitol (3%)

4313

4,203,290

Medicines (weighted average)

1033

54,366,108

Total costs

14,038

476,799,548

  1. a1 Int$ = 1.74 Brazilian reais
  2. bPercentage of use among patients on dialysis [20]