Because hypertension and diabetes are both diseases themselves and also risk factors for other diseases, do they present any issues for the Cost Calculator?
Given that both hypertension and diabetes are themselves diseases that require treatment as well as leading causes of other diseases in the Calculator, these cost estimates include expenditures for the diseases for which they are risk factors. As a result, when summing the costs of hypertension and/or diabetes with the costs of other cardiovascular diseases, a small amount of double-counting will occur.
