Costs and effects of a telephonic diabetes self-management support intervention using health educators

摘要

Background: Self-management is crucial to successful glycemic control in patients with diabetes, yet it requires patients to initiate and sustain complicated behavioral changes. Support programs can improve glycemic control, but may be expensive to implement. We report here an analysis of the costs of a successful telephone-based self-management support program delivered by lay health educators utilizing a municipal health department Alc registry, and relate them to near-term effectiveness.