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A CLOSER LOOK AT
T
HE TOTAL ANNUAL ECONOMIC
COST OF DIABETES IN 1997 WAS
ESTIMATED TO BE $98 BILLION.
Thirty percent of the overall spending growth could be attributed to an increase in the number of patients treated for diabetes.
Educational outreach and disease management programs that encourage screening and diagnosis of people with unrecognized diabetes
may have influenced such substantial growth. The underlying prevalence of diabetes may also have risen.