Trends in Diabetes Treatment and Monitoring among Medicare Beneficiaries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Diabetes is a costly and common condition, but little is known about recent trends in diabetes management among Medicare beneficiaries.

Objective

To evaluate the use of diabetes medications and testing supplies among Medicare beneficiaries.

Design/setting

Retrospective cohort analysis of Medicare claims from 2007 to 2014.

Participants

Traditional Medicare beneficiaries with a diagnosis of diabetes in the current or any prior year.

Main measures

We analyzed choices of first diabetes medication for those new to medication and patterns of adding medications. We also examined the use of testing supplies, use of statins and ACE inhibitors/angiotensin receptor blockers, and spending.

Key results

Diagnosed diabetes increased from 28.7% to 30.2

SUBMITTER: Landon BE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5880782 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature