The Chronic Disease Cost Calculator version 2 is a downloadable tool that was developed to help states estimate the economic burden of chronic diseases. The tool provides state-level estimates of medical expenditures and absenteeism costs for arthritis, asthma, cancer, cardiovascular diseases (congestive heart failure, coronary heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and other cerebrovascular disease), depression, and diabetes.
Listed in the SNAP-Ed Evaluation Framework Interpretive Guide.
Used to measure Indicator LT17: Health Care Cost Savings
List of resources: http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/calculator/resources.html
The Chronic Disease Cost Calculator version 2 is a downloadable tool that provides state-level estimates of medical expenditures and absenteeism costs for a variety of diet-related and other chronic diseases.