Discharge pharmacotherapy for Type 2 diabetic inpatients at two hospitals of different tiers in Zhejiang Province, China.

ABSTRACT: OBJECTS:To look into the discharge pharmacotherapy for type 2 diabetics admitted to two general hospitals of different ranks and inspect current real-world management of discharge pharmacology and its related factors. METHODS:Type 2 diabetics admitted to a tertiary general hospital (Ningbo Medical Treatment Centre Lihuili Hospital, LHLH) or a secondary general hospital (Simen Hospital, SMH) for intensification of their anti-diabetics were included for retrospective analysis. Patients' demographics, clinical characteristics, admission diabetes therapy and discharge diabetes pharmacology were analyzed and compared among patients in each hospital as well as between two hospitals. RESULTS:391 patients from LHLH and 164 patients from SMH were included for analyzing. Compared with patients from

SUBMITTER: Yu X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7141672 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature