Sunday, March 17, 2013

50% Of Americans Could Have Prediabetes/Diabetes by 2020: Cost $3.5 Trillion Over a Decade

The United States Of Diabetes:  New Report Shows Half The Country Could Have Diabetes Or Prediabetes At A Cost of $3.5 Trillion by 2020.  UnitedHealth Group.

The report that is the basis of this article can be found here.  Among the statistics found in the article one particularly struck me:  In 2009 the annual health care costs for a person with diabetes was approximately $11,700.  For the remainder of the population the cost was $4,400.

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