Vol 7, No 5 (2006): Practical Diabetology
Review article
Published online: 2006-09-28
Costs related to type 1 and 2 diabetes mellitus in Poland
Diabetologia Praktyczna 2006;7(5):287-294.
Abstract
Diabetes mellitus is a serious epidemiological, social
and economical health care problem. The polish
type 1 diabetes population is estimated about
250 000 and over 2 mln type 2 diabetes patients
(level of the prevalence of diabetes mellitus in
a polish population was defined on 5.37%). The
results of this analysis emphasize large economic
burden of diabetes mellitus therapy on health care
system in Poland.
Keywords: cost of illness analysisepidemiology of type 1/2 diabetesdiabetes treatmentcost of diabetes therapy