In 2022, a diabetic patient in Ghana spent an average of 53.5 Ghanaian cedis (GHS) (around 5.3 U.S. dollars) on care. Compared to the previous years under study, this was the lowest per capita annual expenditure on the illness. For instance, in 2020, an individual with diabetes made healthcare expenses amounting to over 501 GHS, roughly 49 U.S. dollars.
Per capita healthcare expenses of diabetic patients in Ghana from 2019 to 2022
(in Ghanaian cedis)
average per person value; prediabetic and type 2 diabetic patients
Supplementary notes
The average value per capita was reached by dividing the amount spent in each year (in Ghanaian cedis) by the number of individuals with diabetes in the respective years.
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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