The business case for diabetes disease management at two managed care organizations : a case study of HealthPartners and Independent Health Association Field report (Commonwealth Fund) HealthPartners. Independent Health Association. Diabetes Mellitus -- economics Diabetes Mellitus -- prevention & control Cost-Benefit Analysis Managed Care Programs -- economics Diabetes care is often poorly managed, and the disease exacts a high toll on society in terms of health costs and lost productivity. Analysis of two health plans with established diabetes programs shows that the business case for diabetes disease management is weak. The initial costs for such programs are substantial, and plans may not be able to reap the potential savings until 10 years after a health plan member is enrolled in the program. [New York] : Commonwealth Fund, [2003] Beaulieu, Nancy Dean. Commonwealth Fund. Text Illustrations nlm:nlmuid-101184320-pdf 101184320 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101184320 OCLC: 53138955 English Minnesota New York Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY license. https://creativecommons.org/licences/by/4.0