Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2022
Authors' conclusion
The inflation-adjusted direct medical costs of diabetes are estimated to rise 7% from 2017 and 35% from 2012 calculations (stated in 2022 dollars). Following decades of steadily increasing prevalence of diabetes, the overall estimated prevalence in 2022 remains relatively stable in comparison to 2017. However, the absolute number of people with diabetes has grown and contributes to increased health care expenditures, particularly per capita spending on inpatient hospital stays and prescription medications. The enormous economic toll of diabetes continues to burden society through direct medical and indirect costs.
Study context
- Population
- U.S. population in 2022 with diagnosed diabetes; data from national surveys (2015–2020), Medicare standard analytic files (2020) and commercial claims (2018 to 2021)
- Outcome
- Economic burden (health resource use, direct medical and indirect costs) attributable to diagnosed diabetes
- Follow-up
- 2022
Methodological detailsCost of Diabetes Economic Model, population-based
- Cost of Diabetes Economic Model
- Population-based
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
- Total estimated cost of diagnosed diabetes
- $412.9 billion
- Direct medical costs
- $306.6 billion
- Indirect costs attributable to diabetes
- $106.3 billion
- Share of U.S. health care dollars for care of people with diagnosed diabetes
- 1 in 4
- Share of those dollars attributable to diabetes
- 61%
- Mean annual medical expenditures per person with diabetes
- $19,736
- Of which attributable to diabetes (approximately)
- $12,022
- Medical expenditures vs expected without diabetes
- 2.6 times higher
- Glucose-lowering medications and diabetes supplies, share of direct medical costs attributable to diabetes
- ∼17%
- Indirect cost: reduced employment due to disability
- $28.3 billion
- Indirect cost: presenteeism
- $35.8 billion
- Indirect cost: lost productivity due to 338,526 premature deaths
- $32.4 billion
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Original publication
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