The cost of diabetes in Latin America and the Caribbean

• Main Authors: Barceló Alberto (Author), Aedo Cristian (Author), Rajpathak Swapnil (Author), Robles Sylvia (Author)
• פורמט: ספר
• יצא לאור: The World Health Organization, 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• נושאים: article
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OBJETIVE: To measure the economic burden associated with diabetes mellitus in Latin America and the Caribbean. METHODS: Prevalence estimates of diabetes for the year 2000 were used to calculated direct and indirect costs of diabetes mellitus. Direct costs included costs due to drugs, hospitalization...