Predictions Burden of Diabetes and Economics Cost: Contributing Risk Factors of Changing Disease Prevalence and its Pandemic Impact to Qatar

Bener, Abdulbari; AL-HAMAQ, A.

doi:10.1055/s-0042-103683

Predictions Burden of Diabetes and Economics Cost: Contributing Risk Factors of Changing Disease Prevalence and its Pandemic Impact to Qatar

Bener A., AL-HAMAQ A. O. A. A.

EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES, vol.124, no.8, pp.504-511, 2016 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 124 Issue: 8
Publication Date: 2016
Doi Number: 10.1055/s-0042-103683
Journal Name: EXPERIMENTAL AND CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & DIABETES
Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
Page Numbers: pp.504-511
Istanbul University Affiliated: No

Abstract

Background: The Middle East region is predicted to have one of the highest prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) in the world. The risk of diabetes continues to increase worldwide and its public health burden is unevenly distributed across socioeconomic strata. This burden is not only related to health care costs, but also to indirect costs caused by loss of productivity from disability and premature mortality.