Health Care Cost | Diabetes Evaluation Measures

Health care costs measures for type 2 diabetes prevention and control^1-4

In contrast with the worker productivity costs described above, health care costs are measures of the direct expenses of providing employee health care and preventive health programs.

Baseline

• Determine costs and use for health care, such as benefits, short or long term disability, counseling, and medications for diabetes-related illness and disability
• Determine the health care use and costs of program participants before a screening or education program are initiated and after operation of these programs

Process

• Periodic repeats of baseline measures

Outcome

• Assess changes in health care use and costs from baseline
• Compare health care use and costs of participants before screening or education programs are initiated and after operation of these programs