Diabetes mellitus programmes taste sweet success

Abstract

D iabetes mellitus was among the first diseases to be targeted for disease management programmes when they were first introduced. Now, there is experience aplenty with programmes designed to prevent and treat this common, serious and costly condition. Presentations at the Second Annual Disease Management Congress [ Washington, DC, US; September 1998 ] revealed considerable variety in the approaches taken by different diabetes programmes designed for specific populations in specific funding environments.