Late Complications of Diabetes

Diabetic patients suffer from complications leading to neuropathy, cardiovascular complications, skin ulcers/gangrene, peripheral vascular disease, atherosclerosis,  myocardial infarction ophthalmic complications that increase with age. The total cost of the treatment of late diabetic complications on a percentage basis os from: cardiovascular 74%; renal diseases 10%; nephropathy 3.6%; ophthalmic disorders 1.5%; other unspecified diseases 10%

Reference:

Jacobs, J., Sena, M. and Fox, N. The Cost of Hospitalization for the Late Complications of Diabetes in the United States. Diabetic Medicine