10/8/2008: Employers Wade Into Monitoring Care As Diabetes Cases Grow (Sacramento Business Journal via bizjournals.com; free registration required)
Excerpt: "Patients can take steps to control [diabetes] and lower the risk of complications, but many don't. That has attracted attention from employers seeking ways to cut costs and helped an industry spring up that targets prevention and management of the disease. The stakes are huge. One out of every five health care dollars spent last year went to caring for someone with diabetes. The total economic cost -- including medical care, lost productivity, absenteeism and disability -- totaled $174 billion, according to the American Diabetes Association."
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