Constructing an Adapted Cascade of Diabetes Care Using Inpatient Admissions Data: Cross-sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diabetes mellitus cascade of care has been constructed to evaluate diabetes care at a population level by determining the percentage of individuals diagnosed and linked to care as well as their reported glycemic control.

Objective

We sought to adapt the cascade of care to an inpatient-only setting using the electronic health record (EHR) data of 81,633 patients with type 2 diabetes.

Methods

In this adaptation, linkage to care was defined as prescription of diabetes medications within 3 months of discharge, and control was defined as hemoglobin A_1c (HbA_1c) below individual target levels, as these are the most reliably captured items in the inpatient setting. We applied the cascade model to assess differences in demographics and perc

SUBMITTER: Ryan I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8994153 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature