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An Economic Tsunami: The Cost of Diabetes in Canada
Diabetes is not only a personal crisis for the people living with the disease, it is also a tremendous financial burden for the Canadian healthcare system and society as a whole.
To help fully understand the current and future economic burden of diabetes in Canada, the Canadian Diabetes Association, with the support of Novo Nordisk Canada Inc., has published An Economic Tsunami: The Cost of Diabetes in Canada.
This report introduces an important new tool in the fight against diabetes in Canada—the Canadian Diabetes Cost Model—and has been developed to achieve the following objectives:
- To estimate the cost of diabetes in Canada, including direct and indirect costs
- To create a forecasting model to project future costs associated with diabetes
- To examine the potential of policy interventions to offset the economic burden of diabetes on Canadians
The Model is the first to use Canadian data to determine the economic impact of diabetes on Canadian society, both now and in the future.
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An Economic Tsunami: The Cost of Diabetes in Canada
Un tsunami économique : le coût du diabète au Canada