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Diabetes driving up health care costs, study finds

One in four people hospitalized in Santa Cruz County has diabetes, and one in three in California, driving up health care costs, according to a study released Thursday by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research recommending prevention efforts. The study, based on 2011 data from the Office of Statewide Health and Planning Development, reports 3,900 hospitalizations that year of people with diabetes in Santa Cruz County, 6,700 in Monterey County and 729,000 for California. Read more…

 

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