Cost of older Australians with diabetes to hit $2.9 billion by 2030, new research shows

By Daniel Burdon
Updated April 24 2018 - 10:52pm, first published January 9 2017 - 8:59pm

The indirect economic cost of rising numbers of ageing Australians with diabetes, measured in 'lost productive life years', is set to hit $2.9 billion a year by 2030, up from $2.1 billion in 2015.

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