What are the Costs of Diabetes Mellitus?

Thomas J Songer, PhD

Department of Epidemiology

University of Pittsburgh



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What are the Costs of Diabetes Mellitus?

1. What are the Costs of Diabetes Mellitus?

2. Why Consider Economic Research Related to Diabetes and it's Treatment

3. The Costs of Diabetes

4. Direct Costs of Diabetes

5. Direct Costs of Diabetes in the USA

6. Indirect Costs of Diabetes

7. Distribution of Indirect Costs

8. Opportunity Costs for Persons with Diabetes

9. Patient Concerns in IDDM

10. Percent of Income Spent on Health Care by Families with IDDM Children

11. Costs of using diabetes resources unwisely

12. Costs and Effects of an Intervention

13. Economic Evaluation of Diabetes-Related Issues in the Literature

14. Costs of too few or too many diabetes resources

15. Availability of Insulin & Syringes in the World

16. Summary


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