RT Book, Section
A1 Snyder, Robert J.
A1 Hanft, Jason
A1 Petusevsky, Howard B.
A2 McCulloch, Joseph M.
A2 Kloth, Luther C.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184833328
T1 Surgical Management of the Neuropathic Foot
T2 Wound Healing Evidence-Based Management, 4e
YR 2010
FD 2010
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9780803619043
LK fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184833328
RD 2024/04/20
AB In  the  United  States,  1.3  million  new  cases  of  diabetes  are  diagnosed  annually  in  people  aged  20  and  over.1  The  prevalence  of  diabetes  in  the  United  States  for  all  ages  is  6.3%.  In  the  Medicare  population  (aged  65  and  over),  persons  with  diabetes  incur  1.7  times  the  health-care  expenditures  of  those  without  diabetes.  Individuals  with  diabetes  who  are  enrolled  in  private  health  insurance  through  their  employers  incur  higher  mean  annual  costs;  $132  billion  was  spent  in  2002,  with  direct  medical  expenditures  of  $91.8  billion  and  indirect  costs  of  $23.2  billion.  Inpatient  days  accounted  for  43.9%  of  direct  medical  expenditures.  Patients  in  this  group  incurred  costs  that  were  approximately  2.4  times  higher  than  a  similar  group  without  diabetes  ($7,778  versus  $3,367).2