Diabetes foot disease: the Cinderella of Australian diabetes management?

Table 3 Summary of diabetes complication rankings in Australia

Rank	Burden and cost of complication			Funding
Rank	Numbers affected^a	Costs per episode^b	Overall estimated costs^c	Proportion guideline recommendations funded^d	Additional programs funded^e
First	CVD	Kidney	Kidney	Kidney & CVD	Kidney
Second	Foot	Foot	CVD		CVD
Third	Eyes	Eyes	Foot	Eyes	Eyes
Fourth	Kidney	CVD	Eyes	Foot	Foot

a Numbers Affected: Mean% of the five parameters of High Risk and Acute complications in Table 1.
b Costs per Episode: Mean $cost of three ‘Total’ cost parameters in Table 2.
c Overall estimated costs: Mean $cost of three ‘Total’ cost parameters in Table 2 x Hospital admissions numbers in Table 1.
d Proportion guideline recommendations funded: Numbers of NHMRC endorsed diabetes complication guideline recommendations funded by MBS / Total number of NHMRC endorsed diabetes complication guideline recommendations.
e Additional Programs Funded: Additional total funding announcements of government in last 3 – 5 years.

ISSN: 1757-1146