Calculated cost estimates: Diabetes

IDF Diabetes Atlas - Calculated cost estimates

The calculated estimates of the current direct cost of diabetes care worldwide are provided in the data tables here. This is the first time that such estimates have been made for so many countries. The calculated estimates use a formula described in the section below. The same method, together with predictions of the future burden of diabetes in these countries, is used to estimate the likely future direct cost burden of the disease in 2025. These future predictions of cost are as alarming as the future predictions of prevalence. They suggest that, unless effective prevention measures are introduced, expenditure devoted to diabetes and its complications will dominate the health economies of many countries by the end of the first quarter of this century.