Differences in National Diabetes Treatment Patterns and Trends between Older and Younger Adults.

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

The treatment of type 2 diabetes in older adults requires special considerations including avoidance of hypoglycemia, yet variation in diabetes treatment with aging is not well understood. In this study, we compared nationally representative diabetes treatment patterns and trends between older adults (≥65 y) and younger adults (30-64 y).

Design

Repeated cross-sectional physician surveys from 2006 to 2015.

Setting

The National Ambulatory Medical Care Survey, an annual probability sample of visits to office-based US physicians.

Participants

Adults with type 2 diabetes using one or more diabetes medications.

Measurements

Proportions of visits in which patients treated with each diabetes medication class were compared between older and

SUBMITTER: Pilla SJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6488408 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature