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ArticleEndocrine2025

Estimating the annual cost burden of diabetic peripheral neuropathy in the United States.

Eric P Borrelli

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Article in Endocrine, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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Eric P BorrelliUniversity of California San Diego, Skaggs School of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, La Jolla, CA, USA. eborrelli@health.ucsd.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-9941-9893

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeDiabetic peripheral neuropathy (DPN) is one of the leading complications of diabetes. Given the significant growth in prevalence of diabetes and therefore DPN in the United States in recent years, a quantitative analysis is needed to estimate the annual cost burden of DPN.

methodsA cost-of-illness burden model was created to estimate the cost burden on DPN in the United States. A review of the literature was undertaken to identify the most appropriate epidemiologic and economic inputs. One-way sensitivity analyses were conducted for every model input parameter to show the potential variability in the estimated cost-burden.

resultsThere is an estimated prevalence of approximately 13,209,600 patients with DPN in the U.S., with an estimated annual cost burden from DPN of $45,930,580,972. Of the estimated cost burden, $30,859,424,749 was from DPN specific care ($2,389,038,060 for outpatient office visits, $26,830,282,752 for inpatient hospitalizations, and $1,640,103,936 from prescription medications) and $15,071,156,223 from treating incident DPN complications ($12,875,200,000 for diabetic foot ulcers and $2,195,956,223 for diabetic lower limb amputations).

conclusionsDPN is a very costly condition, and the burden is expected to continue to grow in the coming years.

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Cost of IllnessDiabetic NeuropathiesHealth Care CostsHumansPrevalenceUnited StatesBurden of IllnessCostDiabetic foot ulcersDiabetic limb amputationsDiabetic peripheral neuropathy

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