What part of the total care consumed by type 2 diabetes patients is directly related to diabetes? Implications for disease management programs

<strong>Background</strong>: Disease management programs (DMP) aim at improving coordination and quality of care and reducing healthcare costs for specific chronic diseases. This paper investigates to what extent total healthcare utilization of type 2 diabetes patients is actually relate...

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Main Authors: Christel van Dijk, Robert Verheij, Ilse Swinkels, Mieke Rijken, François Schellevis, Peter Groenewegen, Dinny de Bakker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Ubiquity Press 2011-12-01
Series:International Journal of Integrated Care
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Online Access:http://www.ijic.org/articles/675