Journal:
:iranian journal of diabetes and obesity
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mohammad ranjbar ezzatabadi ph.d student in health policy, tehran university of medical sciences, tehran, iran
masoud rahmanian yazd diabetes research center, shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran
elham jamali msc student in healthcare management, shahid sadoughi university of medical sciences, yazd, iran
arefeh dehghani tafti msc student in biostatistics, isfahan university of medical university, isfahan, iran
objective: type 2 diabetes is amongst the most common chronic illnesses in iran. its prevalence is increasing and it has significant economic importance. the aim of this study was to estimate direct therapeutic and non-therapeutic costs of type 2 diabetes patients referred to the diabetes research center of yazd in 2012. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 250 t...