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Economic Impact of Diabetes
• ~ $174 BILLION Annual Cost
• Per Capita Medical Expenditure
– $13,243 for diabetes
– $2,560 for non-diabetic
• $28 Billion on Foot Ulceration
• 15 Million work days lost
• 59% longer duration of hospital stay for
diabetic patients with foot ulcers
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Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2002 – Report by the Lewin Group. Diabetes Care 26: 917-932, March 2003
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Diabetes Care. 2000 Sep;23 A cost analysis of diabetic lower-extremity ulcers. Harrington C, Zagari MJ, Corea J,
Klitenic J. Lewin Group, Falls Church, Virginia