{"id":4030,"date":"2023-06-26T22:40:42","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T22:40:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.diabetesguardians.com\/?page_id=4030"},"modified":"2025-08-05T22:41:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-05T22:41:32","slug":"national-economic-impact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.diabetesguardians.com\/?page_id=4030","title":{"rendered":"National Economic Impact of Diabetic Foot Ulcers"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"4030\" class=\"elementor elementor-4030\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-05da46e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"05da46e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element 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data-id=\"88439aa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f52e149\" data-id=\"f52e149\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3ddbb7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c3ddbb7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We developed this infographic based on information from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/books\/NBK65152\/\">National Institutes of Health (NIH)<\/a> to demonstrate the financial burden of diabetic foot ulcers on Medicare and private payers.<\/p><p>Out of a random sample of 100,000 people, approximately 12,000 will be diagnosed with diabetes.<\/p><p>25% of diabetic patients will develop some form of a foot ulcer.\u00a0 At any given time, 1-5% of those with diabetes will be in treatment for a foot ulcer.\u00a0 Of the original sample, that translates to 360 patients being treated for foot ulcers.<\/p><p>The average time for a diabetic foot wound will take 100-150 days to heal.<\/p><p>The cost of wound care is approximately $33,000 per patient including ER visits, physician visits, surgeries, wound care visits, medications, etc.\u00a0 Annual cost of would care is 360 patients at a rate of\u00a0 $33,000\/year which totals $11.9 million\/year.<\/p><p>After initial healing, there is a 40% recurrence rate, 60% recurrence rate within 3 years, and 65% in 5 years.\u00a0 25% will evenutally require some form of amputation to achieve healing.<\/p><p>The financial burden after amputation is more staggering which includes permanent disability payment, loss of productivity, physical rehabilitation, prothesis, etc.\u00a0 50% will lose the other leg in 5 years.\u00a0 Post amputation care is estimated to be $52,000 per year per amputee.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-960df80 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"960df80\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7f3a9ca\" data-id=\"7f3a9ca\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1e3f1be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1e3f1be\" 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