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261. New plain language guides on the comparison of insulin treatments for Type 2 diabetes are available | AHRQ Archive
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     May 02, 2009 - The consumer guide— Premixed Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults —is a primer on diabetes … , diabetes testing, and treatments. … The clinician guide— Premixed Insulin Analogues: A Comparison with Other Treatments for Type 2 Diabetes … The new guides on treatments for type 2 diabetes show that: When newer premixed insulin analogues were … Premixed Insulin for Type 2 Diabetes: A Guide for Adults and Premixed Insulin Analogues: A Comparison

262. Research Activities, February 2007: Primary Care Research: A protocol for adjusting diabetes medications can improve diabetes management and patient blood-sugar levels
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     February 01, 2007 - Research Activities, February 2007: Primary Care Research: A protocol for adjusting diabetes medications … can improve diabetes management and patient blood-sugar levels Your … A protocol for adjusting diabetes medications can improve diabetes management and patient blood-sugar … However, a new protocol encourages better diabetes management and improves patient blood-sugar levels … More details are in "Use of a glucose algorithm to direct diabetes therapy improves A1C outcomes and

263. Research Activities, August 2003: Elderly/Long-term Care: Guidelines for improving the care of older people with diabetes emphasize reducing cardiovascular risk factors
     archive.ahrq.gov/research/aug03/0803RA16.htm
     August 01, 2003 - Activities, August 2003: Elderly/Long-term Care: Guidelines for improving the care of older people with diabetes … Guidelines for improving the care of older people with diabetes emphasize reducing cardiovascular risk … factors Greater reduction in diabetes-related complications and deaths among people 65 and older who … than from the tight glycemic (blood-sugar) control emphasized by most diabetes guidelines, according … Unless there are contraindications, the older patient with diabetes should be offered aspirin therapy

264. Research Activities, May 2002: Heart Disease: Doctors could do more to help adult patients with diabetes reduce their risk of cardiovascular disease
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     May 01, 2002 - Research Activities, May 2002: Heart Disease: Doctors could do more to help adult patients with diabetes … Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in adults with diabetes, whose risk of … They analyzed data on nearly 10,000 adults with diabetes and about 150,000 adults without diabetes from … Modifiable risk factors for CVD were more prevalent among adults with diabetes than those without diabetes … See "Modifiable cardiovascular risk factors in adults with diabetes," by Drs.

265. Research Activities, June 2001: Diabetes Research: Patients with both diabetes and other chronic conditions can still achieve good glycemic control
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     June 01, 2001 - Research Activities, June 2001: Diabetes Research: Patients with both diabetes and other chronic conditions … who suffer from adult-onset (type 2) diabetes often suffer from other chronic diseases as well, such … in a diabetes clinic in 1997 and 169 patients who had a followup visit at 6 months. … The researchers assessed the impact of age, body mass index (a measure of obesity), diabetes duration … More details are in "Comorbidity and glycemic control in patients with type 2 diabetes," by Dr.

266. Research Activities, October 2001: Quality of Care: Large remote rural towns may provide the best conditions for high-quality care of older people with diabetes
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     October 01, 2001 - Large remote rural towns may provide the best conditions for high-quality care of older people with diabetes … It is difficult to provide high-quality care to elderly patients with diabetes, and it may be even … They found that almost half of the patients who had two or more physician encounters for diabetes care … In fact, only 28 percent of elderly diabetes patients in the State received that test, a cholesterol … See "Improving the quality of outpatient care for older patients with diabetes," by Roger A.

267. Insulin pump and glucose monitoring improve blood-sugar control for diabetes patients | AHRQ Archive
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     August 01, 2012 - Quality of life was improved with continuous insulin infusion for individuals with type 1 diabetes. … Diabetes is a chronic condition that affects nearly 8 percent of Americans. … Of the people who have diabetes, 90 to 95 percent have type 2 diabetes. … Type 1 diabetes is characterized by autoimmune destruction of pancreatic islet cells that results in … with type 2 diabetes.

268. AHRQ News and Numbers: Fewer Than Half of Adults with Diabetes Get Critically Important Yearly Exams
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     April 25, 2006 - AHRQ News and Numbers: Fewer Than Half of Adults with Diabetes Get Critically Important Yearly Exams … Get Critically Important Yearly Exams Fewer Than Half of Adults with Diabetes … More than 14 million adult Americans have been diagnosed with diabetes, making it one of the nation's … If diabetes is diagnosed and treated effectively, complications, and associated health problems such … through improved primary care ( Economic and Health Costs of Diabetes ).

269. Keeping Diabetes Under Control Still Elusive for Many Americans | AHRQ Archive
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     May 13, 2009 - Keeping Diabetes Under Control Still Elusive for Many Americans | AHRQ Archive … Keeping Diabetes Under Control Still Elusive for Many Americans AHRQ News and Numbers, May 13, 2009 … Only slightly more than half of the 18 million Americans diagnosed with diabetes had their blood sugar … The Federal agency's analysis found that about 55 percent of American adults with diabetes had their … The report also indicates that another 6 million Americans may have diabetes but don't know it.

270. Research Supports Use of Intensive Therapy and Team Approach in Management of Diabetes
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     December 11, 2001 - Research Supports Use of Intensive Therapy and Team Approach in Management of Diabetes … Research Supports Use of Intensive Therapy and Team Approach in Management of Diabetes … The synthesis, Improving Care for Diabetes Patients Through Intensive Therapy and a Team Approach , … conditions like diabetes, as well as how to translate those research findings into improved clinical … , and that certain minorities also have much higher rates of diabetes-related complications and death

271. Research Activities, September 2007: Patient Safety and Quality: A multipronged quality improvement strategy can markedly improve the quality of diabetes care and patient outcomes
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     September 01, 2007 - Safety and Quality: A multipronged quality improvement strategy can markedly improve the quality of diabetes … A multipronged quality improvement strategy can markedly improve the quality of diabetes care and patient … It included 372 providers and 24,250 adults with diabetes. … care and a summary measure, the Diabetes Summary Quality Index (Diabetes-SQUID). … The average Diabetes-SQUID across all practices improved 7.8 percent from 50.6 percent on January 1,

272. Research Activities, September 2006: Child/Adolescent Health: Diabetes screening practices in children vary widely among pediatric clinicians
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     September 01, 2006 - Research Activities, September 2006: Child/Adolescent Health: Diabetes screening practices in children … Diabetes screening practices in children vary widely among pediatric clinicians As U.S. obesity rates … have risen, so has the incidence of type 2 diabetes (previously called adult-onset diabetes) among U.S … It is enough of a concern that the American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends screening for type … 2 diabetes in moderate- and high-risk children, but only one-fifth of clinicians follow these screening

273. Research Activities, July 2006: Health Care Costs and Financing: Some adults with diabetes face high health care expenditures
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     July 01, 2006 - Research Activities, July 2006: Health Care Costs and Financing: Some adults with diabetes face high … Some adults with diabetes face high health care expenditures When people with diabetes cannot afford … The financial burden of care among adults with diabetes is substantial, concludes the first nationally … among nonelderly adults and 62 to 69 percent among the elderly with diabetes. … See "Health care expenditure burdens among adults with diabetes in 2001," by Drs.

274. Research Activities, February 2005: Clinical Decisionmaking: People with diabetes who have chronic hyperglycemia are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease
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     February 01, 2005 - Research Activities, February 2005: Clinical Decisionmaking: People with diabetes who have chronic hyperglycemia … A new study of adult diabetes patients links chronic hyperglycemia (high blood sugar levels) with an … increased risk for cardiovascular disease, the most common cause of death among people with diabetes … 7,435 people with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes. … No studies estimated the risk of stroke by level of glycosylated hemoglobin for type 1 diabetes.

275. Treating Americans with diabetes cost hospitals $83 billion | AHRQ Archive
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     October 01, 2010 - In that year, nearly one of every five hospitalizations involved a person with diabetes. … and roughly 7.2 million stays for patients who had other conditions in addition to diabetes. … percent more than stays for people who did not have diabetes ($10,937 versus $8,746, respectively). … Medicare paid 60 percent of the hospital stays of people with diabetes; private insurance, 23 percent … The West had the lowest hospitalization rate for diabetes, 1,866 per 100,000 persons, while the South

276. National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.27b
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     January 01, 2006 - Table 1.27b Admissions for diabetes with long-term complications a (excluding obstetric admissions and

277. National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.25b
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     January 01, 2006 - Table 1.25b Admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications a (excluding obstetric and neonatal

278. National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.26b
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     January 01, 2006 - Table 1.26b Admissions for diabetes with short-term complications a (excluding obstetric admissions

279. National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.27a
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     January 01, 2006 - Table 1.27a Admissions for diabetes with long-term complications a (excluding obstetric admissions and

280. National Healthcare Quality Report, 2006: Table 1.25a
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     January 01, 2006 - Table 1.25a Admissions for uncontrolled diabetes without complications a (excluding obstetric and neonatal