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DISEASE MANAGEMENT: A SPECIAL REPORT

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Snapshot of a growth industry

The Disease Management Purchasing Consortium & Advisory Council tracks the growth and success of the industry, based on first-hand information from the roughly 70 percent of all purchases of DM programs that go through the consortium, and from information gleaned about the other 30 percent.

The numbers the organization has gathered suggest that the $340 million DM industry is one of the fastest-growing investments in health care.

Reprinted with permission from the Disease Management Purchasing Consortium & Advisory Council. Copyright 1999. For latest information contact DiseasMgmt@aol.com

DISEASE MANAGEMENT: A SPECIAL REPORT

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