Large Employer (company with over 500 employees)
If you are a manager at a large employer, you may have a diverse employee and retiree
population that requires a varied and comprehensive health and
wellness program. Understanding the impact of chronic diseases such as diabetes on
your company's bottom line may greatly influence your decision to institute a
diabetes education program or enhance health and wellness programs currently
offered. Some questions to consider:
- What is diabetes, and how can it affect my employees and
retirees?
- How do chronic diseases, such as diabetes, affect my business
and health care costs?
- Does my company need to respond to diabetes as a health
issue?
- Is there a need for my employees or retirees to receive
diabetes and related health information?
- Should my company invest in a diabetes education program?
The following resources can help you answer these questions so
that you can take steps toward improving the overall health and well-being of
your employees and retirees. We also recommend that your human resources
manager, benefits manager, or occupational medicine provider browse through the
many resources available on diabetesatwork.org to help your company serve
personnel with or at risk of diabetes.
Making a Difference: The Business Community Takes on
Diabetes
Making a Difference: The Business Community Takes on
Diabetes is a report for business decision-makers. It summarizes the
economic and health consequences of diabetes and the benefits of investing in
the prevention of diabetes complications. The report also provides a rationale
for implementing diabetes-related health promotion activities and includes
suggestions for increasing prevention practices at the worksite.
Assessment Tool
There are many chronic medical conditions vying for your
company's health care dollar. Use this assessment tool
to estimate the potential prevalence* and costs associated with diabetes among
your employees (and retirees). Making this estimate is a good first step in
assessing whether a diabetes education program is appropriate for your
company's needs.
Choosing A Health Plan
Selecting the best and most appropriate employee health care
plan is one of your company's most important decisions. Read "Choosing a Health Plan" to learn about the special
benefits and services health care plans should offer to help
members better manage their diabetes.
General Diabetes Fact Sheets
How much do you really know about diabetes and how it affects
the body? The following fact sheets can give you a basic understanding of
diabetes and its complications.
[ The publications are available in portable document
format (PDF). Follow
this link to learn more about PDFs and PDF support for the visually
impaired.]
Additional Resources
"Take Charge
of Your Diabetes Dictionary" A
dictionary of diabetes terms defining words that are often used when talking or
writing about diabetes.
"Guiding
Principles for Diabetes Care" This booklet describes the essential
components of quality diabetes care for people with diabetes, their families,
health care providers, and insurers. [also
available in Spanish]
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