Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Bangladesh: a prevalence based cost-of-illness study

• Main Authors: Afsana Afroz (Author), Khurshid Alam (Author), Liaquat Ali (Author), Afsana Karim (Author), Mohammed J. Alramadan (Author), Samira Humaira Habib (Author), Dianna J. Magliano (Author), Baki Billah (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2019-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background The economic burden of type 2 diabetes has not been adequately investigated in many low- and lower middle-income countries, including Bangladesh. The aim of this study was to estimate the cost-of-illness of type 2 diabetes and to find its determinants in Bangladesh. Methods A cro...