Cardiovascular risk thresholds for intensifying primary care encounter frequency for patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a target trial emulation.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Determining optimal timing for intensifying the frequency of physician encounters for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) requires trade-offs between timely care and clinician burden. We aimed to investigate age-specific cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk thresholds used for intensifying encounter frequency in patients with T2DM in primary care.

Methods

Using population-based public electronic health records from the Hospital Authority Clinical Management System in Hong Kong, we used data from patients with a baseline 10-year CVD risk of lower than 20% and a regular follow-up interval of 4-6 months at public primary care clinics. We compared different CVD risk thresholds (> 20% v. 30%) at which to shorten follow-up intervals to 3 months or less. We investigated age-spe

SUBMITTER: Xu W 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12483090 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature