Primary care and health outcomes among older patients with diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to measure the relationship between days spent waiting for primary care and health outcomes among patients diagnosed with diabetes, especially among the elderly population.

Data source

Secondary data from VA administrative databases and Medicare claims.

Study design

This is a retrospective observational study. Outcome variables include primary care utilization, mortality, heart attack, stroke, and ambulatory-care sensitive condition (ACSC) hospitalization. The main explanatory variable of interest is VA primary care wait time. Negative binomial models predict utilization and stacked logistic regression models predict the probability of experiencing each health outcome. Models are stratified by the presence of a selected health condi

SUBMITTER: Prentice JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3447242 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature