Diabetic Foot Financial Costs
Prevention is Cheaper Than Treatment
Diabetes is a chronic medical condition characterized by high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia). This results from either an insufficiency of insulin production, the body’s resistance to insulin, or both.
Diabetes is a chronic medical condition characterized by high blood sugar levels (hyperglycemia). This results from either an insufficiency of insulin production, the body’s resistance to insulin, or both.
Costs to the Economy

Costs to the Patient

About the Author
Dr Paul Y. Han MS, DPM DABFAS DABPM
Clinical professor of Podiatric Surgery
City of Hope National Comprehensive Cancer Center