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Table 5 First year and follow up costs

From: Cost effectiveness of vildagliptin versus glimepiride as add-on treatment to metformin for the treatment of diabetes mellitus type 2 patients in Greece

 

First year event cost (€)

Follow up costs after first year (€)

Source

Ischaemic heart disease

1118

933

DRG code: N29M & calculations based on data from Maniadakis et al. [26]

Myocardial infarction (non fatal)

2724

1542

DRG code: K10X & calculations based on data from Maniadakis et al. [26]

Myocardial infarction (fatal)

3924

DRG code: K10X + cost of death €1200 [26]

Congestive heart failure

1868

279

DRG code: K42M & calculations based on data from Maniadakis et al. 2005 [26]

Stroke (non fatal)

2625

2100

DRG code: N30Mb & calculations based on data from Maniadakis et al. [26]

Stroke (fatal)

2855

DRG codes: N30A + N30Ma

Amputation

3608

 

DRG code: K13M

Hypoglycemia (non-severe)

50

 

Based on clinical expert input (approx. the cost of a physician consultation)

Hypoglycemia (severe)

1735

 

DRG code: Θ20Μ

Renal failure

36,026

21,721

Stafylas et al. [28]