Identifying Common Predictors of Multiple Adverse Outcomes Among Elderly Adults With Type-2 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

As part of a multidisciplinary team managing patients with type-2 diabetes, pharmacists need a consistent approach of identifying and prioritizing patients at highest risk of adverse outcomes. Our objective was to identify which predictors of adverse outcomes among type-2 diabetes patients were significant and common across 7 outcomes and whether these predictors improved the performance of risk prediction models. Identifying such predictors would allow pharmacists and other health care providers to prioritize their patient panels.

Research design and methods

Our study population included 120,256 adults aged 65 years or older with type-2 diabetes from a large integrated health system. Through an observational retrospective cohort study design, we assessed which ris

SUBMITTER: Kabue S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8216594 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature