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Diabetes takes large toll, but DM can help

Disease Management News, March 31, 2008

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The prevalence of diabetes continues to grow, and annual productivity-related costs of the disease equal about half of medical expenditures, according to a new American Diabetes Association (ADA) study, published in the March Diabetes Care. 

But disease management (DM) apparently can affect some of these costs: interim results show that participants in the Diabetes Ten City Challenge (DTCC) improved across all key clinical and patient satisfaction indicators in the early stages of the program.

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