Professional Section Quarterly - Spring 2013 - (Page 1)

Spring 2013 IN THIS ISSUE ADA Names New Senior Vice President . . . 2 73rd Scientific Sessions News . . . . . . . . . 6 New CE/CME Self-Assessment Program. . . 9 Grant Opportunity Announcements . . . . . 13 ADA-Commissioned Study Puts U.S. Cost of Diagnosed Diabetes at $245 Billion New research published in the April 2013 issue of Diabetes Care estimates that the total economic cost of diagnosed diabetes in the United States rose to $245 billion in 2012 from $174 billion in 2007, when the cost was last examined. The new total represents a 41% increase over five years (in 2007 dollars). The study, “Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2012,” looked at the financial burden, increased health-resource use, and lost productivity associated with diabetes in 2012. Direct medical costs accounted for $176 billion of the $245 billion figure; lost productivity accounted for the remaining $69 billion. Included in the study are detailed cost breakdowns by age group, gender, race/ethnicity, insurance coverage, medical condition, and health-service category. Major Findings The largest components of the $176 billion in medical expenditures are: ■ hospital inpatient care (43% of the total medical cost); ■ prescription medications to treat complications of diabetes (18%); continued on page 2 Clinical News Free ADA Resources for Helping Patients With Their Diagnosis By John E. Anderson, MD President, Medicine & Science W e all know that type 2 diabetes is on the rise. As a primary care physician, I diagnose many people with diabetes—and breaking the news is never easy. I see the mixed emotions of anger, guilt, shame, and fear. Even patients who expected to get diabetes someday are devastated when they hear the diagnosis. Whenever I tell a patient that he or she has diabetes, I pull out the American Diabetes Association’s Where Do I Begin? booklet. The booklet was developed to give newly diagnosed patients a basic introduction to diabetes and to help quell their fears. I’ve been using the Where Do I Begin? booklet in my practice for over a year now, and my patients love it. They feel good about leaving my office with information to get themselves started, and I feel good knowing that this information comes from the American Diabetes Association. Because it takes more than a booklet to learn how to live with diabetes, the Association also offers patients the opportunity to enroll in the Living With Type 2 Diabetes program, a free, yearlong program that provides more information, recipes, tools, and resources for finding support. My patients say that the program helps them feel like they don’t have to tackle this disease alone. If you haven’t done so already, order your free copies of Where Do I Begin? to give to your newly diagnosed patients. Then encourage them to enroll in the Living With Type 2 Diabetes program. Help them get all the information they need to live well with type 2 diabetes. To order your free booklets, go to diabetes.org /atdx. continued on page 2 professional.diabetes.org http://www.diabetes.org/atdx http://www.diabetes.org/atdx http://professional.diabetes.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Professional Section Quarterly - Spring 2013

Professional Section Quarterly - Spring 2013
Contents
ADA Names New Senior Vice President
73rd Scientific Sessions News
New CE/CME Self-Assessment Program
Grant Opportunity Announcements

Professional Section Quarterly - Spring 2013