Did You Know? Where 20% of US healthcare dollars go

January 30, 2015

Diabetes prevention can reduce long-term medical costs; the US spends 20% of its healthcare dollars to treat people with diabetes. More of us are getting diabetes, but we’re also living with it longer, so we’ll need more health services and effective interventions. You can use the Chronic Disease Cost Calculator, along with other cost analysis tools, to estimate the costs of diabetes and other chronic diseases. Get Did You Know? on your website  Subscribe  Submit an idea   Provided by the  Office for State, Tribal, Local and Territorial Support  Centers for Disease Control and Prevention