Assessment of the direct medical costs of diabetes mellitus and its complications in the United Arab Emirates

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ID15376386
AuthorsFatma Al‐Maskari (0000-0001-6598-4942, United Arab Emirates University, corresponding author), Fatma Al-Maskari, Mohamed El Sadig (0000-0001-5795-8189, United Arab Emirates University), Mohammed El-Sadig, Nicholas Nagelkerke (United Arab Emirates University)
Year2010
Volume10
Issue1
Pages679-679
Publication date2010-11-08
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueBMC Public Health (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1471-2458 • E-ISSN: 1471-2458
PublisherBioMed Central (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1186/1471-2458-10-679
PMID21059202
PMCIDPMC2988742
OpenAlexW1985321535
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited15

DM direct treatment costs increased with the presence and progression of chronic DM related complications. Hospitalisation costs constituted a large proportion and were increasingly higher with the presence and progression of DM related complications. To reduce the impact on healthcare resources, efforts should be made to prevent progression to DM complications, by implementing guidelines for diabetes care, screening for complications and better management

Biostatistics · Diabetes mellitus · Direct cost · Economic growth · Environmental health · Health care · Indirect costs · Per capita · Population · Public health · Chronic Disease Management Strategies · Demography · Diabetes Management and Education · Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins · Medicine · Emergency Medicine · Epidemiology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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