Tools & Resources

Diabetes Management in the Workplace

Building a Business Case: Tools & Resources

This section contains helpful resources to build a business case for managing diabetes in the workplace.

For a list of all Diabetes Management in the Workplace toolkit templates, tools and resources, click here


National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2020
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention

The Globalization of the Diabetes Epidemic
HealthMatch, September 2021

The Economic Burden of Elevated Blood Glucose Levels in 2017: Diagnosed and Undiagnosed Diabetes, Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Prediabetes
Diabetes Care, American Diabetes Association
September 2019

Why employers should care about diabetes
Human Resource Executive, September 2019

Diabetes Prevention and Control: Illinois Diabetes
Action Plan: 2018 – 2020

Economic Costs of Diabetes in the U.S. in 2017
Diabetes Care, March 2018

Diabetes Health Care Insights: Beliefs of consumers with type 2 diabetes
Market Research Insights, Merck
2015-2016

Absenteeism and Employer Costs Associated with Chronic Diseases and Health Risk Factors in the US Workforce
CDC Preventing Chronic Disease, Original Research
October 2016

A Systematic Review of Measurement Properties of Instruments Assessing Presenteeism
American Journal of Managed Care (AJMC)
March 2016

Sleep apnea leads to three-fold increased risk of type 2 diabetes
Diabetes, Diabetes.co.uk

The Face of Diabetes in the United States
Gallup-Sharecare Well-Being Index
July 2017 (Registration is required to access this report)

MBGH Employer Diabetes Video
Midwest Business Group on Health, 2018