From the perspective of a health system or society, what is the value of delaying or preventing the development of type 2 diabetes? From health system perspective, it delays or prevents the direct medical costs of diabetes including the costs of diabetes education and nutritional counseling, glucose monitoring, antihyperglycemic treatments, and surveillance and treatment of complications (19–21). From a societal perspective, diabetes prevention also reduces health care–related costs to the individual not reimbursed by the health system and time lost from work and usual activities (19). It also improves quality of
life.