Variations in the prescribing profiles and in the level of glycemic control, as measured by HbA1c, existed for the three hospital sites within VISN 4 of the VA health care system. Variations in practice patterns have been shown for multiple conditions, including treatment of diabetes mellitus. At the time of this study, national VA guidelines [...]
Demographics and Prescribing Profiles
Overall, 4,265 patients met the study’s eligibility criteria: 1,363 patients (32%) from site A; 2,188 patients (51%) from site B; and 714 patients (17%) from site C. As expected in a VA population, most patients at all sites were elderly and male (Table 1). The two academic sites (sites A and B) [...]
We conducted a multicenter, retrospective cohort study at three VA hospitals in Pennsylvania using data for patients who received outpatient prescriptions for the treatment of diabetes mellitus during the 1997 calendar year. Two academic urban referral hospitals (sites A and B) and one rural community hospital (site C) were included. This study was designed to [...]
INTRODUCTION
Diabetes mellitus is a prevalent condition that imparts a heavy toll on the health of affected individuals. This illness affects an estimated 6% of the U.S. population and approximately 12% of patients within the Veterans Affairs (VA) medical system.
This report describes clustering of cardiovascular risk factors consistent with the metabolic syndrome found among Nigerian type-2 diabetic (generic Actos is used to treat type II of diabetes) patients. The prevalence of the syndrome is lower than values ranging from 70-80% among Caucasians with type-2 diabetes mellitus. It is, however, higher compared to the recently reported [...]
Two-hundred-fifty-four type-2 diabetic patients, aged 52.0 ± 11.7 years (range: 35-80 years) made up of 154 (60.6%) males and 100 (39.4%) females were studied. One-hundred-thirty-eight patients (54.3%) had concurrent hypertension and diabetes mellitus (Generic Avandia controlling blood sugar levels in patients with type 2 diabetes). Of these, hypertension and diabetes were simultaneously diagnosed in 64 [...]
Patients
Two-hundred-seventy-eight indigenous Nigerians with diabetes mellitus attended the medical out patient and inpatient units between January and August 2002 at the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital (UDUTH), a major referral centre with a catchment population of about eight million. It is located in Sokoto, northwestern Nigeria (sub-Saharan Africa). The northwestern region of Nigeria is located [...]
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