National programmes must be developed to reduce preventable admissions, says researcher
The annual cost of admitting and treating diabetic patients at two New Zealand hospitals exceeded $40 million in 2016-17, suggesting the national cost would be “frightening”, a study by the University of Otago has found.
The figure is based on in-patient costs for two hospitals in the Dunedin region of the South Island.
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