Patient and Health Care Factors Associated With Long-term Diabetes Complications Among Adults With and Without Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders.

ABSTRACT: Importance:Among people with diabetes, co-occurring mental health (MH) or substance use (SU) disorders increase the risk of medical complications. Identifying how to effectively promote long-term medical benefits for at-risk populations, such as people with MH or SU disorders, is essential. Knowing more about how health care accessed before the onset of diabetes is associated with health benefits after the onset of diabetes could inform treatment planning and population health management. Objective:To analyze how preexisting MH or SU disorders and primary care utilization before a new diabetes diagnosis are associated with the long-term severity of diabetes complications. Design, Setting, and Participants:This cohort study analyzed medical record data from US Department of Veterans Affairs

SUBMITTER: Schmidt EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6763972 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature