Diabetes Care
31:e35
2008
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-0096
© 2008 by the American Diabetes Association
Online Letters: Comments and Responses
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Cost-Effectiveness of Screening for Pre-Diabetes Among Overweight and Obese U.S. AdultsResponse to Wechowski
Thomas J. Hoerger, PHD1,
Katherine A. Hicks, MS1,
Stephen W. Sorensen, PHD2,
William H. Herman, MD, MPH3,4,5,
Robert E. Ratner, MD6,
Ronald T. Ackermann, MD, MPH7,
Ping Zhang, PHD2 and
Michael M. Engelgau, MD2
1 Center of Excellence in Health Promotion Economics, RTI International, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina
2 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
3 Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
4 Department of Epidemiology, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan
5 Michigan Diabetes Research and Training Center, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan;the
6 MedStar Research Institute, Washington, D.C.
7 Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana
Corresponding author: Thomas J. Hoerger, PhD, RTI International, 3040 Cornwallis Rd., P.O. Box 12194, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709. E-mail: tjh@rti.org
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We appreciate Dr. Wechowski's interest (1) in our study (2) and agree that it is important to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of screening for pre-diabetes and of diabetes prevention on a . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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