Northerner
Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
Only a short article, but what it says is astounding - 47% of population have diabetes and dialysis costs $43,000 a year per patient. Wonder what the comparative cost in the UK is so we can push for better self-management capabilities?
The American Samoa Diabetes Coalition predicts that over the next decade the cost of treating dialysis patients at the U.S. territory's only hospital could reach more than $122 million.
According to the coalition, American Samoa has the highest number of diabetics in the Pacific.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/55671--american-samoa-diabetes-cost-could-reach-122m
The American Samoa Diabetes Coalition predicts that over the next decade the cost of treating dialysis patients at the U.S. territory's only hospital could reach more than $122 million.
According to the coalition, American Samoa has the highest number of diabetics in the Pacific.
http://www.canadianbusiness.com/article/55671--american-samoa-diabetes-cost-could-reach-122m