Secular trends in diabetes-related preventable hospitalizations in the United States, 1998-2006.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine secular trends in diabetes-related preventable hospitalizations among adults with diabetes in the U.S. from 1998 to 2006.

Research design and methods

We used nationally representative data from the National Inpatient Sample to identify diabetes-related preventable hospitalizations. Based on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality's Prevention Quality Indicators, we considered that hospitalizations associated with the following four conditions were preventable: uncontrolled diabetes, short-term complications, long-term complications, and lower-extremity amputations. Estimates of the number of adults with diabetes were obtained from the National Health Interview Survey. Rates of hospitalizations among adults with diabetes were derived and tested for

SUBMITTER: Wang J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2699731 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature