FRIDAY, April 29 (HealthDay News) — Medical costs for children
and teens with diabetes are six times higher than for other young people
in the United States, a new study finds.
Researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
examined health insurance claims made in 2007 for nearly 50,000 youth aged
19 and younger, including 8,226 with diabetes.
Annual medical expenses for youth with diabetes were $9,061, compared
with $1,468 for those without diabetes. Prescription drugs and outpatient
care accounted for much of the extra medical costs.
The highest medical costs were for youth with diabetes who required
insulin, which included all those with type 1 diabetes and some with type
2 diabetes. The annual medical expenses for those who received insulin
were $9,333, compared to $5,683 for youth with diabetes who did not
require insulin.
Medical costs for all Americans with diabetes, most of whom are adults,
are 2.3 times higher
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