Adherence to guidelines and its effects on hospitalizations with complications of type 2 diabetes.
OBJECTIVES: To study the discrepancy between actual and recommended rates of use among several measures of screening for complications of diabetes in a national longitudinal sample, the correlations among measures of adherence, and whether or not higher rates of adherence reduce hospitalizations fo...
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| author | Sloan, F Bethel, M Lee, P Brown, D Feinglos, M |
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| description | OBJECTIVES: To study the discrepancy between actual and recommended rates of use among several measures of screening for complications of diabetes in a national longitudinal sample, the correlations among measures of adherence, and whether or not higher rates of adherence reduce hospitalizations for complications of diabetes. The key study hypothesis was that lack of adherence to professional recommendations for diabetes care leads to adverse health outcomes for elderly persons. METHODS: Administrative claims and survey data for 1994-1999 on a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries age 65+. Principal components analysis and instrumental variables probit regression methods were used. RESULTS: Most Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with type 2 diabetes had at least one physician visit per year, but rates of screening (eye examinations and HbA1c, lipid, microalbumin and urine tests) fell far short of recommendations. Correlations among use rates for various types of screening were positive but far less than one, suggesting that failure to screen reflects a complex set of underlying factors. Increased rates of adherence were observed for HbA1c and lipid testing over the observation period. Higher use was associated with lower rates of hospitalization for complications of diabetes (vascular (p=0.007), renal (p=0.002), and other complication (p=0.005)). CONCLUSIONS: Adherence to guidelines was associated with significantly reduced rates of hospitalization. Continued analysis of the trends in clinical practice is needed to demonstrate the effectiveness of standardized guidelines for the care of patients with diabetes. |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:cc21a7c5-d99c-4402-b8f7-370cb3a489ac2022-03-27T07:19:39ZAdherence to guidelines and its effects on hospitalizations with complications of type 2 diabetes.Journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:cc21a7c5-d99c-4402-b8f7-370cb3a489acEnglishSymplectic Elements at Oxford2004Sloan, FBethel, MLee, PBrown, DFeinglos, M OBJECTIVES: To study the discrepancy between actual and recommended rates of use among several measures of screening for complications of diabetes in a national longitudinal sample, the correlations among measures of adherence, and whether or not higher rates of adherence reduce hospitalizations for complications of diabetes. The key study hypothesis was that lack of adherence to professional recommendations for diabetes care leads to adverse health outcomes for elderly persons. METHODS: Administrative claims and survey data for 1994-1999 on a nationally representative sample of Medicare beneficiaries age 65+. Principal components analysis and instrumental variables probit regression methods were used. RESULTS: Most Medicare beneficiaries diagnosed with type 2 diabetes had at least one physician visit per year, but rates of screening (eye examinations and HbA1c, lipid, microalbumin and urine tests) fell far short of recommendations. Correlations among use rates for various types of screening were positive but far less than one, suggesting that failure to screen reflects a complex set of underlying factors. Increased rates of adherence were observed for HbA1c and lipid testing over the observation period. Higher use was associated with lower rates of hospitalization for complications of diabetes (vascular (p=0.007), renal (p=0.002), and other complication (p=0.005)). CONCLUSIONS: Adherence to guidelines was associated with significantly reduced rates of hospitalization. Continued analysis of the trends in clinical practice is needed to demonstrate the effectiveness of standardized guidelines for the care of patients with diabetes. |
| spellingShingle | Sloan, F Bethel, M Lee, P Brown, D Feinglos, M Adherence to guidelines and its effects on hospitalizations with complications of type 2 diabetes. |
| title | Adherence to guidelines and its effects on hospitalizations with complications of type 2 diabetes. |
| title_full | Adherence to guidelines and its effects on hospitalizations with complications of type 2 diabetes. |
| title_fullStr | Adherence to guidelines and its effects on hospitalizations with complications of type 2 diabetes. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Adherence to guidelines and its effects on hospitalizations with complications of type 2 diabetes. |
| title_short | Adherence to guidelines and its effects on hospitalizations with complications of type 2 diabetes. |
| title_sort | adherence to guidelines and its effects on hospitalizations with complications of type 2 diabetes |
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