Table 3 Economic burden of DFU (Million $ US)
From: Economic burden of diabetic foot ulcer: a case of Iran
Cost category | Value | Age groups | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 < 40 | 40–49 | 50–59 | 60–69 |  ≥ 70 | Total | ||||
Direct costs | Lower | 105.1 | 132.0 | 279.1 | 603.4 | 431.8 | 1,551.4 | ||
Mean | 114.9 | 140.0 | 303.0 | 730.6 | 519.4 | 1,807.9 | |||
Upper | 124.8 | 148.0 | 326.8 | 857.8 | 607.1 | 2,064.4 | |||
Indirect costs | Hospital stay productivity lost | Lower | 2.6 | 4.7 | 8.5 | 20.2 | 3.5 | 39.6 | |
Mean | 2.9 | 5.0 | 9.2 | 24.5 | 4.2 | 45.8 | |||
Upper | 3.1 | 5.3 | 10.0 | 28.7 | 4.9 | 52.0 | |||
Productivity lost due to premature death | Not discounted | Lower | 1,535.5 | 4,866.0 | 9,191.9 | 10,668.1 | 3,048.4 | 29,309.9 | |
Mean | 1,679.5 | 5,160.6 | 9,978.7 | 12,919.2 | 3,667.1 | 33,405.1 | |||
Upper | 1,823.5 | 5,455.2 | 10,765.6 | 15,170.4 | 4,285.7 | 37,500.2 | |||
Discounted (5%) | Lower | 8.0 | 297.4 | 842.6 | 3,340.2 | 1,313.4 | 5,801.6 | ||
Mean | 8.7 | 315.2 | 914.8 | 4,041.4 | 1,579.9 | 6,860.0 | |||
Upper | 9.5 | 333.1 | 986.9 | 4,742.6 | 1,846.4 | 7,918.4 | |||
Total cost of illness | Not discounted | Lower | 1,643.2 | 5,002.7 | 9,479.5 | 11,291.6 | 3,483.7 | 30,900.9 | |
Mean | 1,797.3 | 5,305.6 | 10,290.9 | 13,674.2 | 4,190.7 | 35,258.7 | |||
Upper | 1,951.4 | 5,608.5 | 11,102.3 | 16,056.8 | 4,897.6 | 39,616.6 | |||
Discounted (5%) | Lower | 115.7 | 434.1 | 1,130.3 | 3,963.7 | 1,748.7 | 7,392.5 | ||
Mean | 126.6 | 460.3 | 1,226.9 | 4,796.4 | 2,103.5 | 8,713.7 | |||
Upper | 137.4 | 486.4 | 1,323.6 | 5,629.0 | 2,458.4 | 10,034.8 | |||