Engaging Payors and Primary Care Physicians Together in Improving Diabetes Prevention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Type 2 diabetes can be prevented through lifestyle programs like the Diabetes Prevention Programs (DPP), but few people with prediabetes participate in them, in part because their insurance does not reliably cover DPPs. Prior studies have not focused on payor-level barriers.

Objective

To understand barriers to DPP uptake that exist and intersect at different levels (patients, PCPs, and payors) to inform strategies to improve diabetes prevention in primary care settings through interviews with PCPs and payors.

Design

From May 2020 to October 2021, we conducted remote, semi-structured interviews with PCPs and payors.

Participants

PCPs were from primary care practices affiliated with one mid-Atlantic academic system. Payor leaders were from regional com

SUBMITTER: Tseng E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9488875 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature