title: Disease management program improves diabetes outcomes, curbs hospital costs, utilization.
abstract: Reducing the cost of diabetes care with an ambitious disease management program. Located in an area with an unusually high rate of diabetes, Spohn Memorial Hospital in Corpus Christi, TX, has fought back with an innovative diabetes management program. A recent two-year study reveals a 60% drop in average health costs among diabetes patients who participated in the 12-month program. Learn how this program could work for your organization.
mesh_terms: D003363:Cost Control / Q000379:methods; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000145:classification / Q000191:economics / Q000517:prevention & control*; D019468:Disease Management; D006801:Humans; D017057:Medically Uninsured; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000191:economics / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013781:Texas