Cost of diabetes mellitus in Africa: a systematic review of existing literature

Table 2 Drug costs in diabetic patients

Ref*	Country	DM Type	Drug costs (I$)	% of treatment cost
Outpatient
1	Nigeria	2	468.28 /annum p.p	62%
5	Seychelles	1 & 2	6.09 / annum p.p	14%
8	Sudan	2	42,177.93 /annum p.p	53%
10	Nigeria	1 & 2	80.97 / month p.p	77%
12	Nigeria	2	362.41 / patient / annum	39%
20	Nigeria	2	88 / month p.p	14%
23	Uganda	n.s	0.36 / visit	5%
24	Nigeria	1 & 2	1025 / annum p.p	90%
25	Nigeria	1 & 2	420.63 / annum p.p	68%
Hospitalisation
7	Nigeria	2	553.03 / admission	47%
11	Ethiopia	1 & 2	511.83 / person / admission	64%
17	South Africa	n.s	461 / patient / admission	7%
18	Nigeria	1 & 2	1438 / admission	50%
21	South Africa	n.s	80 / person / admission	4%
Others
9	Nigeria	n.s	4.81 / patient /day	n.a
14	Cameroon	2	3.85 / person / month	n.a
16	Kenya	2	Insulin - 10 / month / p.p (average cost) Oral agents - 20 / month / p.p (median cost)	n.a

Notes: DM diabetes mellitus, p.p per person, n.a not applicable, n.s not specified
*Reference index in Additional file 3

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