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Patients with diabetes that are hospitalized for a cardiovascular event incur higher costs for cardiovascular care than their non-diabetic counterparts over 3 years. Compared to patients without diabetes, patients with diabetes had higher mean total direct medical costs per patient for cardiovascular events during follow-up years.
Straka R, Liu L, Girase P, Delorenzo A, et al. Incremental Cardiovascular Costs and Resource Use Associated with Diabetes: An assessment of 29,863 patients in the U.S. managed-care setting. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2009; 8(1): 53. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2762466/