Business Case on Diabetes

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Running head: HEALTH AND ECONOMICS
Business Case on Diabetes
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HEALTH AND ECONOMICS
Abstract
Australia is categorized as the 7th country worldwide that is affected with type 1 diabetes
in children between the ages of 1-14 years. Approximately one million of its citizens have been
diagnosed with diabetes. the type 1 diabetes is mostly found with the young age though it has
started being diagnosed with the adults too. The type 2 diabetes has been found to increase with
increase in age and prevails more in men than in women. One of the many reasons found to
cause diabetes in Australia is unhealthy lifestyle. A funding has been released by the government,
it promises to offer 47 billion dollars for the new ways that will be thought of to manage diabetes
like for the care givers program who will do a door to door management and prevention of
diabetes. SimHealth an organization dedicated to reduce the rate of diabetes among the
indigenous Australians are coming up with new ways to achieve their objective. This business
proposal will help in reducing the number of new cases of diabetes and manage the current ones
effectively.
Keywords: indigenous Australians, diabetes type 1, diabetes type 2, lifestyle

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HEALTH AND ECONOMICS
Summary
In Queensland Australia there has been a rise of type two diabetes. This rise of type 2
diabetes includes kids and the teenagers who are mostly affected by the type 1 diabetes.
Unhealthy lifestyle, luck of exercise, obese and hereditary genes have been found as the main
causes of diabetes in Queensland most especially to the indigenous community. It is projected
that up to 3 million Australian people beyond 25 years by 2025 will be having diabetes if
diabetes will continue rising at the current rate. In light of these revelations, simHealth is coming
up with new ways and the use on new resources to customize treatment and the management of
diabetes specifically for the indigenous community. The Australian government spends a lot of
money in the prevention and management of diabetes; One person who has diabetes type two
costs $10, 000 a year and This has affected the productivity of the state with $1.1 billion a year.
In relation to the funding that has been tabled, simHealth is going to employ more care givers,
purchase equipped vehicles with diabetes products and create more awareness concerning
diabetes.

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HEALTH AND ECONOMICS
Business Case on Diabetes
1.0 Introduction
Diabetes- the disease where the body is unable to produce or respond to insulin resulting
to abnormal rise of sugar in the blood stream- can only be managed and prevented but not cured
(Saudek, 2009). Though it cannot be completely cured, it can get to a point of remission. This is
mostly termed as the “honeymoon period”. This is when the glucose level of the blood goes back
to normality which normally lasts at least a year without the requirement of medication (Buse et
al., 2009). Two kinds of diabetes; the mode one and mode two diabetes. Category 1 diabetes also
referred to insulin- reliant diabetes is a fatal disease where the pancreas is damaged and cannot
produce insulin or produces in little amounts that the body cannot operate on. Type two diabetes
on the other hand is where the body itself causes the rise of blood sugar level than the normal
required amount (Nathan et al., 2009). Normally, one has to be under medication if he has the
type two diabetes for the rest of his life. It is known as the common of the two. Its causes are
mainly bad lifestyle and genetics. Here the body becomes insulin resistance and fails to use it as
it should and therefore the glucose levels pile up in the blood (Surwit, 2013).
192,000 Queenslanders have been identified with type 2 diabetes (Baker IDI Heart and
Diabetes Institute, 2012). Every single day new diagnosis of 60 people is made. This is such a
high number that has troubled the government and the health organizations in Queensland. The
indigenous people are three times more likely to be identified with diabetes than the non-
indigenous (Burrow & Ride 2016). Moreover, the indigenous women are twice more likely to
have gestational diabetes than their counterparts. More hurting is the fact that the indigenous kids
are utmost 8 times likely to be analyzed with diabetes and the indigenous people are 6 times
more likely to die with diabetes than the non-indigenous people (Burrow & Ride 2016).