Striving for the impossible dream: a community‐based multi‐practice collaborative model of diabetes management

Diabet. Med. 27, 197–202 (2010) Abstract Aims In 1994 the Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology (CDE) based in Johannesburg, South Africa established a novel community‐based capitation and risk‐sharing model for diabetes management. We here describe the model and present a recent survey of the performance/outcomes of this unique diabetes care programme. Methods Data on 17 043 patients managed by the CDE Diabetes Management Programme at its...