Diabetes in Mexico: cost and management of diabetes and its complications and challenges for health policy

Table 4 Major diabetes complications and their direct costs in Mexico

	Direct costs attributable to diabetes complications in US dollars*
	2005 [22]	2010 [25]
Retinopathy	4,968,491	10,323,421
Cardiovascular disease	4,516,810	12,843,134
Nephropathy	32,972,722	81,814,501
Neuropathy	1,626,050	2,760,271
Peripheral vascular disease	1,084,033	2,042,601

* 2005 estimates were for the three main public institutions of the Mexican health care system; 2010 estimates included private costs and private insurances.

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