Diabetes Mellitus is estimated to affect around one million Australians, a number that is likely to increase in the future because of population ageing and increasing prevalence of risk factors such as obesity. This report mainly focuses on direct health care expenditure for diabetes - that is, money spent by governments, private health insurers, companies, households and individuals to prevent, diagnose and treat diabetes.

ISSN 1446 9820; ISBN 978 1 74024 463 3; Cat. no. AUS 59; 15pp.; OUT OF PRINT