Economic Burden of Diabetes mellitus in Brazil

Paula Pereda, Ana Clara Duran,Vanessa Boarati, and Bruna Guidetti ()

No 2019_24, Working Papers, Department of Economics from University of São Paulo (FEA-USP)

Abstract: Background: Global economic burden of Diabetes mellitus will reach US$ 745 billion in 2030. The growing prevalence of the disease, mainly type 2, is related to the population aging, nutritional transition, and economic growth. Brazil is the fourth country in number of patients with diabetes and also follows the global trends, with continuous increase in prevalence. In this sense, a complete assessment of the economic burden of the disease in the country, considering all direct and indirect costs, is needed. Methods: We use a cost-of-illness approach to calculate total economic burden of DM. We use recent and complete data referring to 2016. Findings: We estimate the Brazilian economic burden of US$ 2.15 billion in 2016, of which 70.6% is indirect costs related to premature deaths, absenteeism, and early retirement. Interpretation: Our results are in accordance with the literature, that shows that indirect costs are more relevant to low- and middle-income countries due to weak health services and therefore higher mortality rates from chronic diseases. Funding: This study was supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies through a sub-award agreement 5104695 between the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and Center for Epidemiological Studies in Nutrition and Health.

Keywords: Direct costs; Indirect costs; Diabetes mellitus; cost-of-illness approach. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H51 I18 J30 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019-07-29
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