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- Relationship to Diabetes
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A person with type 2 diabetes may spend an average of nearly $85,500 to treat the disease and its complications over his or her lifetime, reports a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The earlier diabetes is diagnosed, the greater the lifetime costs, with costs for women slightly higher than for men. Anything that can prevent or delay the onset of type 2 diabetes could lead to a sizeable reduction in healthcare costs in the future, say the researchers.
The goals of the study were to understand the financial return on preventing or delaying onset of type 2 diabetes and to get a sense of the long-term financial impact of new cases of diabetes and its complications, said Xiaohui Zhuo, Ph.D., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and lead author. "This has become increasingly important given the rapid increase of the number of the incident cases in the U.S. and worldwide," he said.
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20...pend-nearly-2485500-to-treat-the-disease.aspx
The goals of the study were to understand the financial return on preventing or delaying onset of type 2 diabetes and to get a sense of the long-term financial impact of new cases of diabetes and its complications, said Xiaohui Zhuo, Ph.D., of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta and lead author. "This has become increasingly important given the rapid increase of the number of the incident cases in the U.S. and worldwide," he said.
http://www.news-medical.net/news/20...pend-nearly-2485500-to-treat-the-disease.aspx