title: Diabetes and asthma costs, utilization calculated for entire episodes of treatment.
abstract: Data Library: Diabetes and asthma national and regional benchmarks. Treating diabetes and asthma requires a combination of inpatient, outpatient, physician, and pharmaceutical services. This month's column looks at costs and utilization by episodes of these illnesses as a whole, providing a clearer picture of the balance between different types of services in overall treatment of these diseases.
mesh_terms: D001249:Asthma / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy*; D019985:Benchmarking / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D003625:Data Collection / Q000379:methods; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000191:economics* / Q000628:therapy*; D019468:Disease Management; D017050:Episode of Care; D017048:Health Care Costs / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D011787:Quality of Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012984:Software; D014481:United States; D014600:Utilization Review / Q000706:statistics & numerical data