Cost of illness in outpatient visit with type 2 diabetes mellitus in Shanghai

Objectives:To assess the cost of illness for type 2 diabetes mellitus in Shanghai for estimating disease burden.Methods:To estimate the cost of illness of type 2 diabetes mellitus in terms of direct cost,direct none-medical cost and indirect cost of type 2 diabetes mellitus outpatients in three secondary and tertiary in Shanghai using questionnaire interviews.Results:The number of outpatient visit per patient is 21.2 per year,and inpatient is 0.2 per capita;The direct medical cost of illness is 5 524.45 RMB,while the total cost per capita is 6 305.22 RMB, of which the direct cost make up 88.6%.The economic burden to patients with complication is 6 814.00 RMB which is higher than those who without complication.Conclusion:Efficient and appropriate intervention should be empha- sized to prevent illness,improving patient's quality of life could reduce their economic burden.