%0 Journal Article %T Cost-Of-Illness and its Determinants for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Bangladesh: Protocol for a Cross-Sectional Study %A Afsana Afroz %A Baki Billah %A Dianna J Magliano %A Hasina Akhter Chowdhury %A Khurshid Alam %A Liaquat Ali %A Md Nassif Hossain %A Mohammed J Alramadan %J Bangladesh Journal of Medical Science %D 2019 %R https://doi.org/10.3329/bjms.v18i3.41617 %X Background: Diabetes is one of the most prevalent non-communicable diseases (NCDs) all over the world and leading cause of death, disability, and economic loss. Diabetes imposes a heavy economic burden on individuals, their families and society as a whole. The aim of this study is to estimate the economic burden of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Bangladesh and to find association between glycemic control and Health Related Quality of Life with cost-of-illness (COI) %U https://www.banglajol.info/index.php/BJMS/article/view/41617