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DIABETES MANAGEMENT AND ECONOMIC BURDEN IN INDIA

. S. Dinesh Kumar UGC-NET-JRF- Ph.D. Research Scholar Centre for Applied Research, The Gandhigram Rural Institute, Gandhigram, Dindigul District, Tamil Nadu, India


Abstract

As per the International Diabetes Federation report 2019, 463 million people are diabetic in the world and this number is expected to reach 700 million in 2045. Diabetes was the direct cause of 1.6 million deaths in 2016. Diabetes prevalence has been rising more rapidly in middle & low-income countries and it is a growing challenge in India with an estimated 8.7% diabetic population in the age group between 20 and 70 years. The rapid urbanization, sedentary lifestyle, unhealthy diets and tobacco use are driving forces of increased prevalence rate in young adults. Managing diabetes can be expensive if blood glucose control is not maintained with diabetic patients. It includes direct costs (Expenses with medicine, hospital, drug costs and food) and Indirect costs (loss of income due to morbidity, mortality and disability). This paper analyzes the trend of global diabetes-related expenditure comparing Indian mean average expenditure with all other countries and mortality rate directly related to diabetes. The analysis is done using the Global report on Diabetes, 2016 by World Health Organization and International Diabetes Federation Atlas reports (2001, 1st Edition to 2017 8th Edition). From the above-said facts this paper focuses on the economic burden of the country in the present and future context.

Keywords: Diabetes, Economic burden, Mortality rate and Diabetes management expenditure.

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