Trends in anti-diabetic medication use, severe hyperglycaemia and severe hypoglycaemia among American Indian and Alaska Native Peoples, 2009-2013.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its complications disproportionally affect American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) peoples. Prescribing decisions for anti-diabetic medications are complicated and require balancing medication benefits, costs and side effects. Little is known about trends in anti-diabetic medication use as well as acute diabetes complications among AI/AN adults. Here, we examined patterns and trends in anti-diabetic medication use and rates of hospital admissions or emergency department (ED) visits due to severe hypoglycaemia and hyperglycaemia among AI/AN adults with T2D.

Materials and methods

We conducted a retrospective analysis of Indian Health Service (IHS) Improving Health Care Delivery Data Project. A total of 39 183 AI/AN adults aged ≥18 years with T2

SUBMITTER: Dai J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11908821 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature