National Trends in Treatment Initiation for Nursing Home Residents With Diabetes Mellitus, 2008 to 2010.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Diabetes mellitus is common in the nursing home (NH) population, yet little is known about prescribing of glucose-lowering medications in the NH setting. We describe trends in initiation of glucose-lowering medications in a national cohort of NH residents.

Design and setting

Retrospective cohort study using Part A and D claims for a random 20% of Medicare enrollees linked to NH Minimum Data Set (MDS) and Online Survey, Certification, and Reporting (OSCAR) databases in 7158 US NHs.

Participants

A total of 11,531 long-stay (continuous residence of ≥90 days) NH residents 65 years or older with diabetes who received a glucose-lowering medication between 2008 and 2010 after 4 months of nonuse.

Measurements

Medicare Part D drug dispensing of glucose-lowerin

SUBMITTER: Zullo AR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4925288 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature