Economic outcomes of treatment strategies for type 2 diabetes mellitus and coronary artery disease in the Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The economic outcomes of clinical management strategies are important in assessing their value to patients.

Methods and results

Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation 2 Diabetes (BARI 2D) randomized patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and angiographically documented, stable coronary disease to strategies of (1) prompt revascularization versus medical therapy with delayed revascularization as needed to relieve symptoms and (2) insulin sensitization versus insulin provision. Before randomization, the physician declared whether coronary artery bypass grafting or percutaneous coronary intervention would be used if the patient were assigned to revascularization. We followed 2005 patients for medical utilization and costs and assessed the cost-effectivene

SUBMITTER: Hlatky MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3403834 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature