Jorge F Elgart
Argentina
Research Article
The Cost of Diabetes Care Programs for Type 2 Diabetes in Argentina: A Probabilistic Sensitivity Analysis
Author(s): Joaquín E Caporale, Jorge F Elgart and Juan J GagliardinoJoaquín E Caporale, Jorge F Elgart and Juan J Gagliardino
Introduction: Structured diabetes care programs in Argentina are scarce and do not inform about their cost using micro costing techniques.
Aim: To estimate the incremental costs of a health care program for type 2 diabetes without complications implemented at sub-national level in Argentina during 2005.
Methods: United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes Study and Latin American Diabetes Association guidelines were used to identify which resources should be part of a diabetes program to implement in two Argentinean provinces – Córdoba and Misiones – with high and low socioeconomic characteristics, respectively. A micro costing approach was used to estimate costs from the perspective of a public health payer, taking a province without diabetes program as a comparative scenario. Probabilistic sensitivity analys.. View More»
