The overall costs related to diabetes treatment place a tremendous burden on the healthcare system, with one in five US healthcare dollars being spent on the condition. 8 In the United States, approximately 26 million people have diabetes mellitus, including 10.9 million adults aged 65 or older.1 The number of those newly diagnosed with diabetes continues to rise, and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reports that over the past decade there has been a 26% increase in the number of patients discharged from hospitals with a primary diagnosis of diabetes. Coggins, PharmD, CGP, FASCP Aging Well Vol. Sliding-scale Insulin: An Ineffective Practiceīy Mark D.
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