In 2022, 726 individuals in Ghana with diabetes spent a total of 388,000 Ghanaian cedis (GHS), some 38,000 U.S. dollars, on care. In 2020, the expenditure reached over two billion GHS, roughly 196 million U.S. dollars, with around 4.1 million patients. Although the number of patients was higher in 2019 (over 4.6 million people) than in 2020, the cost on care amounted to approximately 1.2 billion GHS that year.
Total care expenses of diabetic patients in Ghana from 2019 to 2022
(in 1,000 Ghanaian cedis)
Figures have been rounded.
The number of respondents (diabetic patients) per year are distributed as follows:
2019: 4,682,830.
2020: 4,084,706.
2021: 42,706.
2022: 726.
The currency conversion rate was as of 14.09.2022, when one Ghanaian cedi equaled 0.098 U.S. dollars).
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Uburu. (September 6, 2022). Total care expenses of diabetic patients in Ghana from 2019 to 2022 (in 1,000 Ghanaian cedis) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 04, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1332832/annual-diabetes-care-expenditure-in-ghana/
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