Diabetes expenditure, burden of disease and management in 5 EU countries

Abstract

1 Executive summary 3 1. Background and Objectives 9 Background 9 1.1 Objectives 10 1.2 2. Methodology 11 2.1 Data sources and caveats 11 2.2.1 Precision of Prevalence 11 2.2.2 Direct costs 15 2.2.3 Cost of complications 16 2.2.4 Indirect costs 17 2.2.5 Process and outcome indicators 18 3. Diabetes Burden and Policies in Europe 21 3.1 Incidence 21 3.2 Diabetes prevalence 22 3.3 National Diabetes Programmes 25 3.3.1 France 26 3.3.2 Germany 27 3.3.3 Italy 27 3.3.4 Spain 28 3.3.5 United Kingdom 29 3.3.6 Overall 30 3.4 Conclusions 32