Diabetes Nurse Specialists Deliver Care Comparable to Physicians' at Lower Cost Cost-effectiveness is important in the current world economy.

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Documenting that nurses save money is an important result of the Dutch study, according to Jane Jeffrie Seley, a diabetes NP on the diabetes team at New York Presbyterian-Weill Cornell Medical Center.According to Seley, "nurse diabetes programs are the first to go when administrators cut costs," despite evidence that diabetes APNs improve clinical end points and quality of life. In fact, diabetes APNs are often compared with retail "loss leaders"-items sold at a steep discount to draw customers into a store. The Dutch study verifies that "diabetes educators aren't loss leaders," Seley says. "In fact, they're cost-effective."