Table 3

Annual cost per patient by disease subcategory (n=632)

Disease subgroupNumber of patientsMean number of visits*NCD
medication cost (US$)
Disease-specific consumables
(US$)
Shared consumables (US$)Laboratories (US$)Operating cost (US$)†Total per-patient cost (US$)
Diabetes mellitus916.557.6002.0315.8975.80151.32
 On Insulin44
Congestive heart failure2045.318.090.092.038.4575.80104.47
 None/unknown71
 NYHA I–II65
 NYHA III–IV68
Chronic respiratory
disease
11438.510.092.03058.6669.30
 None/unknown72
 Mild intermittent/persistent22
 Moderate–severe persistent20
Hypertension2232.76.8002.035.9558.6673.44
 None/unknown76
 Stage I–II134
 Stage III–IV13
Total632
  • *Per fiscal year of 2014.

  • †Operating cost excluding medication cost, consumables and laboratories. Consultant cost only applied to patients with congestive heart failure and type 2 diabetes mellitus.

  • NCD, non-communicable disease; NYHA, New York Heart Association.