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Direct and Indirect Costs of Diabetes in Brazil in 2016 Cover

Direct and Indirect Costs of Diabetes in Brazil in 2016

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|Mar 2022

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Table 1

Direct costs estimates, in 2016 million US$.

TOTALDM AS MAIN CAUSEMORBIDITIES RELATED TO DM
Hospitalizations232.858.1174.7
Women108.630.478.2
Men124.127.796.4
Public189.850.2139.7
Private43.08.035.0
Ambulatory86.03.982.1
Women49.01.947.1
Men37.01.935.1
Public82.53.579.0
Private3.50.43.1
Popular Pharmacy304.2
Out-of-Pocket Expenses10.0
Total633.0
Table 2

Hospitalization and ambulatory costs by age groups, in 2016 million US$.

DM AS MAIN CAUSEATTRIBUTED TO DMTOTAL
Hospitalizations58.1174.7232.8
below 18 years old3.56.0%3.51.5%
18–34 years old7.713.3%7.73.3%
35–44 years old6.310.8%3.82.2%10.14.3%
45–54 years old7.613.1%16.29.3%23.810.2%
55–64 years old11.519.7%48.727.9%60.225.8%
65–74 years old11.619.9%60.634.7%72.231.0%
75 years old and above10.017.3%45.426.0%55.423.8%
Ambulatory3.982.186.0
below 18 years old0.041%0.040.05%
18–34 years old0.24%0.20.2%
35–44 years old0.37%2.12.6%2.42.8%
45–54 years old0.719%8.19.9%8.810.3%
55–64 years old1.334%23.528.6%24.828.8%
65–74 years old0.924%31.438.3%32.337.6%
75 years old and above0.412%17.020.7%17.420.3%
Table 3

Indirect costs estimates, absenteeism, in 2016 US$ million and % of total.

TOTALDM AS MAIN CAUSEATTRIBUTED TO DM
WOMENMENWOMENMEN
Absenteeism (in million)39.8010.209.599.5210.49
below 18 years old2.53%5.69%4.44%
18–34 years old4.62%13.17%5.18%
35–44 years old5.37%9.69%7.63%2.02%2.15%
45–54 years old11.43%11.92%17.34%7.70%8.95%
55–64 years old23.42%18.91%26.12%21.48%27.12%
75 years old and above27.29%20.48%23.29%30.21%34.92%
Table 4

Indirect costs estimates, premature death, in 2016 US$ million and % of total.

TOTALDM AS MAIN CAUSE
WOMENMEN
Premature Death (in million)1,183409775
18–34 years old14.38%20.07%11.38%
35–44 years old20.10%25.29%17.37%
45–54 years old38.53%40.98%37.24%
55–64 years old26.99%13.66%34.02%
Table 5

Economic burden of DM per patient and per capita, in 2016 values.

DIRECT COSTSINDIRECT COSTSTOTAL
Total Economic Burden (in million US$)6331,5202,153
% of the total29.40%70.60%
Economic Burden per capita (in US$)3.097.4110.49
Economic Burden per patient (in US$)65.72157.81223.54
Table 6

Total economic burden (EB) of DM, current (2016) and projected (2030), in 2016 million US$.

DM PREVALENCEDM PATIENTSTOTAL EB% OF EB% ANNUAL EB
%NU$ MILLION%%
2016 values6.42%9,631,6642,153.05
2030 optimist[1]7.90%13,695,3903,061.4542.19%2.55%
2030 realist[2]12.96%22,479,5155,025.05133.39%6.24%

[i] Notes:

[1] We consider that DM prevalence changes only due to population aging.

[2] We consider that DM prevalence changes both with population aging and at the same pace it increased from 2003 and 2013.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/aogh.3000 | Journal eISSN: 2214-9996
Language: English
Published on: Mar 3, 2022
Published by: Ubiquity Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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