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Table 1 Average Annual Treatment Costs in US $ by Patient Demographic Characteristics and Health Care Centre in the UAE, during 2004 (N = 150)

From: Assessment of the direct medical costs of diabetes mellitus and its complications in the United Arab Emirates

Patient Socio Demographic Characteristics

N

%(95% C.I)

Mean $ Annual Cost

Std Deviation

Participant Health Care Centre

Tawam hospital

95

63.3 (55.6-71.0)

5,262

5,980

 

Al-Ain Hospital

55

36.7 (29.0-44.4)

5,096

5,779

Sex

Male

101

33% (25.5-40.5)

5,470

6,028

 

Female

48

67% (59.5-74.5)

4,646

5,609

Education level

Illiterate

55

46% (38.0-54.0)

5,602

5,747

 

Primary school

48

27% (20.2-34.4)

4,473

6,388

 

Secondary school

20

19% (9.0-20.4)

4,583

4,880

 

Completed University

26

6% (6.8-17.2)

6,078

6,567

Nationality

UAE

50

48% (40.4-56.0)

5,645

5,966

 

GCC

4

7% (2.9-11.1)

7,025

5,532

 

Other Arabs

59

30% (22.7-37.3)

4,417

6,016

 

Asians

35

15% (9.3-20.7)

4,304

5,405

Occupation

Housewife or Retired

70

57.0% (49.1-64.9)

5,493

5,876

 

Employee

42

22.8% (16.1-29.6)

5,650

6,759

 

Labourer

33

16.8% (10.8-22.8)

4,334

5,260

 

Student

3

3.4% (0.5-6.3)

2,350

976

Age Group

<20 yr

1

0.4%

2,610

1,492

 

20 - 39 yr

10

7% (3.7-12.3)

1,328

1,331

 

40 - 60 yr

99

59% (51.1-66.9)

4,759

5,939

 

>=61 yr

38

33% (25.5-40.5)

6,175

6,647