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Consumer and employer demands, financial pressures, and accreditation requirements have propelled disease management into its own fledgling industry, but there is still no one-stop shop for information, at least not for free. Experts suggest using a disease management vendor's guaranteed savings, not the fee per patient, as a benchmark. Middle- to high-priced vendors are generally the most cost-effective. Factors that affect costs include your patient mix, the amount of risk you want the vendor to assume, and how many bells and whistles you want in your program.
消费者和雇主的需求、财务压力以及认证要求已将疾病管理推进到其刚起步的行业，但仍没有一站式的信息服务，至少没有免费的。专家建议以疾病管理供应商保证的节省费用，而非每位患者的费用，作为基准。中高价供应商通常最具成本效益。影响成本的因素包括你的患者组合、你希望供应商承担的风险量，以及你的项目想要多少额外功能。
