TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Surgical Management of the Neuropathic Foot A1 - Snyder, Robert J. A1 - Hanft, Jason A1 - Petusevsky, Howard B. A2 - McCulloch, Joseph M. A2 - Kloth, Luther C. PY - 2010 T2 - Wound Healing Evidence-Based Management, 4e 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 SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - fadavispt.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184833328 ER -