Diabetes treatments are 4% of Spanish health expenditure
The cost of the disease amounts to 1,791 million annually.In Catalonia, patient spending ranges around 1,600 euros.
The annual diabetes cost in Spain is about 1,791 million euros, which is almost 4% of Spanish public health expenditure.The data belongs to the di@betes studio, presented at the Management-Cat forum of Diabetes, a disease that affects around 5 million Spaniards, of which 3 are diagnosed.
According to the Association of Diabetics of Catalonia, in this community 400,000 people present the disease.
It is estimated that patient expense can reach 1,600 euros.According to all experts, the only way to reduce these costs goes through a greater investment in prevention, to prevent patients from having to medicate or prevent diabetes through a healthy diet.
Given the cost of a disease such as diabetes, the participants in the forum agreed on the need to adapt to the current economic situation through the review of management models, to try to make more with the available resources.
In this sense, Gloria Molins, Baix Llobregat Center management coordinator, affirms: “Given the prevalence of diabetes and the increase in life expectancy in our country, if we want future generations to enjoy the same quality of care, we haveWhat to make an effort among all health professionals to guarantee the best results for our patients.
Diabetes management, and in any chronic disease, requires having a proactive system that makes the necessary changes in a consensual manner among all the actors involved. ”