High prevalence of undiagnosed chronic kidney disease among at-risk population in Kinshasa, the Democratic Republic of Congo

Table 5 Projected Annual cost arterial hypertension, Diabetes and ESRD Treatment.

Medications	Cost per patient (US$)	Total cost of all patients projected (US$)
Antihypertensive
Thiazide diuretics	100	280 million
Calcium blocker	250	700 million
ACEI	1000	2.8 billion
Antidiabetic
Biguanide-Metformin	200	240 million
Insulin	350	420 million
Renal replacement treatment
Peritoneal dialysis	36,000	~1.4 billion*
Hemodialysis	63,000	~2.5 billion*

* Projection was made from about 1% of patients with diabetes or hypertension developing ESRD
ACEI = angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors.
ESRD = end stage renal disease

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