Economic Impact of Diabetes Care in Kannamanaickanur Village, Udumalpet Taluk, Tirupur District

Abstract

Diabetes and its complications are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in India, and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes is on the rise. This calls for an assessment of the economic burden of the disease. The research design is exploratory and descriptive. The required information was collected using a structured questionnaire and interview method. The sampling criterion for this study was purposeful sampling. The study sample was composed of 60 diabetes patients from Kannamanaickanur Village and was conducted from January 2023 to March 2023. The prime objective of the study is to find out the Socio-economic profile of the diabetic, to estimate the direct cost, and indirect costs and to suggest the adoption of effective measures for the surveillance, prevention, and control of diabetes, to reduce the economic burden of diabetics. The data were entered in SPSS version 20.0 and percentage analysis was applied to interpret the Socio-economic and clinical profile of the diabetic patients. The Direct cost and indirect costs incurred by diabetic patients are estimated by descriptive statistical tools. The chi-squar. e test is applied to find out the association between the clinical factors and the cost of treating Diabetes. ANOVA is used to analyze the relationship between the age and total cost. The factors influencing the cost of treating Diabetes and the economic burden of Diabetic patients in the Kannamanaickanur Village have been analyzed by multiple regression model. The high out-of-pocket expenditures and income loss due to diabetes are likely to have long-term consequences for households, particularly those with low income and no health insurance.