Disease Burden and Healthcare Costs for T2D Patients With and Without Established Cardiovascular Disease in Sweden: A Retrospective Cohort Study.
Lars BernfortMagnus HusbergAnn-Britt WiréhnUlf RosenqvistStaffan GustavssonKristina KarlsdotterLars-Åke LevinPublished in: Diabetes therapy : research, treatment and education of diabetes and related disorders (2020)
This study confirms that established CVD is common among patients with T2D (approximately 30%). Established CVD has negative effects on the utilization of healthcare resources, healthcare costs, and mortality. It is therefore very important to improve the treatment strategy of this patient group.