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- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
The growing toll of diabetes cost the nation a record high $245 billion in 2012, a 41% increase from $174 billion in 2007, according to new research released today.
The study Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2012, commissioned by the American Diabetes Association, estimated the health care and work-related costs of diagnosed diabetes. The full study will be published in the April issue of Diabetes Care.
John Anderson, the association's president of medicine and science, says the cost of diabetes has risen primarily because of the higher number of people with the disease. "When you look at the per-patient cost of diabetes, it has remained roughly flat," he adds.
http://www.livingstondaily.com/usatoday/article/1965185
The study Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2012, commissioned by the American Diabetes Association, estimated the health care and work-related costs of diagnosed diabetes. The full study will be published in the April issue of Diabetes Care.
John Anderson, the association's president of medicine and science, says the cost of diabetes has risen primarily because of the higher number of people with the disease. "When you look at the per-patient cost of diabetes, it has remained roughly flat," he adds.
http://www.livingstondaily.com/usatoday/article/1965185