A Market Analysis of Certified Diabetes Educators in New York: Initial Findings

This brief by NYHealth and the Center for Health Workforce Studies examines the findings of a study on the state of the Certified Diabetes Educator (CDE) workforce and revealed an unusually small and unequally distributed CDE presence across New York State.

The initial findings of the study showed that there are only 1,000 CDEs in New York State and more than two-thirds (68%) of those CDEs only provide diabetes education services to patients part-time—fewer than 25 hours per week. The analysis also found that CDEs are predominantly located in urban areas, and that many rural areas have few or no CDEs at all. Finally, the study found that although diabetes disproportionately affects racial and ethnic minorities more than whites, 90% of the State’s CDEs are white and less than 17% speak a language other than English.