Search for: [Abstract = "2 486.13 pln and in case of diabetes type 2\: 2 294 pln. The structure of direct medical costs was as following\: insulinotherapy consists about 50% of total direct medical costs of diabetes therapy and further 25% was generated by hospitalizations. Costs of diagnosis are really high \(14%\) because of use of diagnostic strips, what has been proved both by retrospective \(patient history files\) and prospective data \(questionnaires collected in 5 ambulatories in Cracow\). Oral hypoglycemic drugs generated about 11% of total diabetes treatment costs and out\-patient visits due to diabetes 1 or 2 treatment were much less cost\-consuming compared to above mentioned categories. Burden of illness was calculated for population of Cracow and total number of diabetic patients in the city was estimated on epidemiology data \(4 000 patients with diabetes type 1 and 43 276 patients with diabetes type 2\). Direct medical costs in case of the analyzed population were\: 9 924 520 zł \(4 000\*2 481.13 zł\) for diabetes type 1 and 99 275 144 \(43 276\*2 294 zł\) for patients with diabetes type 2. Indirect costs reflected to productivity loss due to diabetes and its complications were also assessed in the analysis\; sick leave in case of working population, costs of disability pensions and premature deaths were taken into consideration. Relevant data has been collected in 5 ambulatory settings in Cracow with ques"]

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