FAILURE to implement a national type 2 diabetes early detection program could be costing the Australian health system more than $700m annually, according to a warning from Diabetes Australia.
The organisation is urging primary health providers across the country to conduct more routine HBa1c tests, with the aim of diagnosing the estimated 500,000 Australians who may currently have "silent" undiagnosed type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes NSW & ACT ceo Sturt Eastwood said people could live with the condition for up to seven years before being diagnosed, during which time life-threatening health problems can develop.
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