subject: An Inside Story On Diabetes Education And Care To Reduce Diabetes Cost In The Us - Ii [print this page] This article is in continuation to the article written earlier under the same title and the introduction.
The Economic Cost of Diabetes in the United States
Have you ever wished for extra 600-dollars? Well, this is how much annual Diabetic expenses will spread out over every child, men and women in the US. At an estimated $354 billion in 2011, diabetic costs can be considered one of the major health problems that economically affect the entire US population.
Unfortunately, this issue is only becoming worse, as conservative trend analysis indicate that the total United States population diagnosed with Diabetes will grow from the 2011 level of 6.9% to 12% by 2015. As a result of this prediction, the question that inevitably follows is how to manage the fast coming strong tidal wave of medical expenses related with such a dramatic growth in patient population?
Let us continue to shed light on the remaining aspects that are vitally important in the process of diabetes education and care -
The Role of Communication:
Furthermore, communication strategies must be interactive between doctors and patients in order to interpret patient understanding and collect vital feedback. Without effective patient and physician interaction, it is arduous to make sure that diabetic management strategies are being understood and will be properly followed. And finally, family members involvement is strongly associated with positive outcomes. Implementing protocols, which adhere to this will definitely promote better compliance with Diabetic management instructions and must be practiced when instituting an educational and care program to positively affect the US diabetic population at large.
The Future of Diabetic Cost Management: Let Us See Through
As the total cost of Diabetic health care in America continues to rise, it is swiftly becoming an economic need that we scout for techniques to lower expenses allied with this pervasive disease. In an effort to figure out an area, where there is some potential for managing expenditures while improving the health care for those in need, we must seek to describe the frequency of diabetic patient return visits as related to educational levels. If alleviated levels of patient education are correlated with a rise in return visits, as a number of apex authorities in the area would recommend, then an educational intervention is truly entailed to address the need of the diabetic populations and lower total diabetic costs.
Lets us all notice that a great change is coming and fully utilize all our strength in order to do what is right and correct.
