Tóm tắt:

The objective of this study was to estimate the direct costs of diabetes treatment from the payer's perspective and to identify factors related to costs of patients in central region of Vietnam. A cross-sectional descriptive study, and a method of estimating disease costs, were conducted on 1059 diabetes patients being treated at Cam Le District Health Center – Danang city and Hue city Health Center, from January 2022 to April 2023.