Association of Cumulative Multimorbidity, Glycemic Control, and Medication Use With Hypoglycemia-Related Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Adults With Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Severe hypoglycemia is a serious and potentially preventable complication of diabetes, with some of the most severe episodes requiring emergency department (ED) care or hospitalization. A variety of health conditions increase the risk of hypoglycemia. People with diabetes often have multiple comorbidities, and the association of such multimorbidity with hypoglycemia risk in the context of other risk factors is uncertain.

Objective

To examine the associations of age, cumulative multimorbidity, glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) level, and use of glucose level-lowering medication with hypoglycemia-related ED visits and hospitalizations.

Design, setting, and participants

Cohort study of claims and laboratory data from OptumLabs Data Warehouse, an administrative claim

SUBMITTER: McCoy RG 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6991264 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature