Estimating the economic burden of diabetes in young adults: A global analysis based on the <scp>GBD</scp> 2021 and a value of statistical life year framework
Diabetes in young adults represents a significant and growing macroeconomic burden. Our findings underscore the urgent need for public health strategies and economic policies focused on preventing type 2 diabetes. Such interventions are especially critical for countries with fragile health systems to mitigate substantial future economic and health losses.
Authors
- Q. Zhang
- Yunfei Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9327-2037)
- Hang Guo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-4691-6071)
- Zhaoyu Guo
Institutions
- University of Oxford (GB)
- Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (GB)
- Tianjin Medical University (CN)
- University of Coimbra (PT)
- Tsinghua University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Diabetic Medicine
- Published
- 2026-02-13
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/dme.70255
- Primary Topic
- Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation
- China Scholarship Council
- Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia