TY - JOUR AU - Png, May Ee AU - Yoong, Joanne AU - Phan, Thao Phuong AU - Wee, Hwee Lin PY - 2016 DA - 2016/02/16 TI - Current and future economic burden of diabetes among working-age adults in Asia: conservative estimates for Singapore from 2010-2050 JO - BMC Public Health SP - 153 VL - 16 IS - 1 AB - Diabetes not only imposes a huge health burden but also a large economic burden worldwide. In the working-age population, cost of lost productivity can far exceed diabetes-related medical cost. In this study, we aimed to estimate the current and future indirect and excess direct costs of diagnosed type 2 diabetes among the working-age population in Singapore. SN - 1471-2458 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-016-2827-1 DO - 10.1186/s12889-016-2827-1 ID - Png2016 ER -