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The new model of diabetes care needs to be one that identifies all patients early in the course of their disease, has systems in place to monitor for incident complications, and employs a multidisciplinary team of professionals to provide patients with preventive, coordinated, and evidence-based care. Patients will be active consumers in this new system, increasingly engaged in their own care, and increasingly choosing providers based on quality and accessibility. As the consummate third party to this arrangement, public and private payers should have no other choice but to reward providers for offering consistent and high-quality care, which all patients morally deserve.
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Braunstein, J.B. Defining quality diabetes care in the new health system. Curr Diab Rep 3, 269–271 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11892-003-0015-z
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