Table 3

Event, Maintenance and therapy costs (indexed to £UK 2007)

Variable
Cost
Source

Ischaemic Heart Disease, fatal event
£0
UKPDS Study No.65†
Ischaemic Heart Disease, Non-fatal event
£2,388
UKPDS Study No.65†
Ischaemic Heart Disease, Maintenance
£601
UKPDS Study No.65†
Myocardial Infarction, Fatal event
£1,404
UKPDS Study No 65†
Myocardial Infarction, Non-fatal event
£4,961
UKPDS Study No.65†
Myocardial Infarction, Maintenance
£566
UKPDS Study No.65†
Congestive Heart Failure, Fatal event
£0
UKPDS Study No.65†
Congestive Heart Failure, Non fatal event
£2,707
UKPDS Study No.65†
Congestive Heart Failure, Maintenance
£769
UKPDS Study No.65†
Stroke, Fatal event
£4,124
UKPDS Study No.65†
Stroke, Non-fatal event
£2,885
UKPDS Study No.65†
Stroke, Maintenance
£304
UKPDS Study No.65†
Blindness, Event
0
O'Brien et al. [37]
Blindness, Maintenance
£1,013
O'Brien et al. [37]
Dialysis, Event and Maintenance
£20,049
Baboolal et al. [38]
Amputation, Fatal event
£10,311
UKPDS Study No.65†
Amputation, Non-fatal event
£10,311
UKPDS Study No.65†
Amputation, Maintenance
£366
UKPDS Study No.65†
Hypoglycaemia, Event
£93.85
Leese GP et al. [6]; DCCT hypoglycaemia report*

† Data from: Clarke P, Gray A, Legood R, Briggs A, Holman R: The impact of diabetes-related complications on healthcare costs: results from the United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS Study No. 65). Diabetic Medicine 2003, 20:442–450.

* Data from: The DCCT Research Group: Epidemiology of severe hypoglycemia in the diabetes control and complications trial. American Journal of Medicine 1991, 90:450–459.

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