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Table 4 Costs

From: Diabetes in Algeria and challenges for health policy: a literature review of prevalence, cost, management and outcomes of diabetes and its complications

Source of cost*

Original amount (USD) [Year]

2013 US Dollar (USD) amount**

Reference

Average treatment costs per year per patient

351 [1998]

503

[14]

Average total treatment costs per year

11.6 million [1998]

16.6 million

Renal transplantation

28,422 [2010]

30,441

[15]

Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis

3,901 [2010]

4,178

Haemodialysis

3,742 [2010]

4,008

Myocardial infraction

865 [2010]

926

Peripheral vascular disease

132 [2010]

141

Stroke

282 [2010]

302

Congestive heart failure

244 [2010]

261

Angina

395 [2010]

423

Amputation procedure

533 [2010]

571

Prosthesis

618 [2010]

662

Follow-up post- amputation procedure

22 [2010]

24

Cataract operation

123 [2010]

132

Laser eye procedure

48 [2010]

51

Health expenditure for diabetes in 2013

512,682,393***

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[26]

Health expenditure for diabetes in 2035

813,889,950***

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  1. *First-year treatment costs unless otherwise indicated.
  2. **Costs updated to 2013 USD using U.S. Department of Labor’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation calculator tool: http://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm.
  3. ***Authors’ calculation based on IDF data.