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archive.ahrq.gov/research/jul06/0706RA25.htm
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.
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archive.ahrq.gov/research/sep06/0906RA6.htm
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
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archive.ahrq.gov/research/feb05/0205RA10.htm
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.
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archive.ahrq.gov/research/sep07/0907RA9.htm
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,
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archive.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/noticias/2012/spvivirpr.html
October 01, 2014 - serie de videonovela vía web ayuda a los pacientes hispanoparlantes a comparar tratamientos para la diabetes … serie de videonovela vía web ayuda a los pacientes hispanoparlantes a comparar tratamientos para la diabetes … Aprende a vivir relata la historia de Don Felipe, que vive con diabetes tipo 2 y es la cabeza de la … Para información en español acerca de la diabetes de los CDC visite, http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/spanish … / y del National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (Instituto Nacional de la Diabetes
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archive.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/research-activities/13feb/0213RA12.html
February 01, 2013 - An empowerment-based educational approach improves understanding and knowledge for patients with diabetes … Chronic Disease
Patient education is an integral component of high quality diabetes care. … of the diabetes ABCs and to be aware of their own personal ABC values. … on self-management and educational materials about the diabetes ABCs. … educators to facilitate comprehension and application of the diabetes ABCs, especially in diabetes education
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archive.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/research-activities/13jul/0713RA30.html
July 01, 2013 - Older teens with type 1 diabetes face challenges as they transition into adult care | Agency for Healthcare … Young adults with type 1 diabetes are at risk for gaps in medical followup, poor glycemic control, diabetes-related … The transition from pediatric to adult diabetes providers can add further challenges, according to a … The researchers mailed surveys to and received them back from 258 young adults with type 1 diabetes, … See "Health care transition in patients with type 1 diabetes," by Katharine C.
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archive.ahrq.gov/news/nn/nn032108.htm
March 21, 2008 - AHRQ News and Numbers: Diabetes-Related Amputations Increase for Hispanics … Amputations Increase for Hispanics
Diabetes-Related Amputations Increase … About 86,000 Americans underwent diabetes-related amputations in 2004. … Although diabetes is the leading cause of foot or leg amputations, those complications and others can … In 2004, only 38 percent of adult Hispanics age 40 and over with diabetes received three recommended
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archive.ahrq.gov/research/sep99/999ra11.htm
September 01, 1999 - Activities, September 1999: Primary Care: Internal medicine residents need training to enhance their
diabetes … Recent clinical trials have shown that complications of diabetes can be prevented or limited by tight … care services advocated by the American Diabetes Association. … See "What do internal medicine residents need to enhance their diabetes care?" by Annette M. … Phillips, M.D., in the May 1999 Diabetes Care 22(5), p. 661-666.
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archive.ahrq.gov/research/apr02/0402RA4.htm
April 01, 2002 - : Heart Disease: Lipid-lowering medication should be considered early in treatment of blacks with diabetes … Lipid-lowering medication should be considered early in treatment of blacks with diabetes and high LDL … cholesterol levels
People who have diabetes are at higher risk than those without diabetes for cardiovascular … 2 diabetes," by Diane M. … Greenlund, Ph.D., and others, in the January 2002 Diabetes Care 25(1), pp. 9-15.
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archive.ahrq.gov/research/oct07/1007RA9.htm
October 01, 2007 - Research Activities, October 2007: Disparities/Minority Health: Black, Hispanic, and white patients with diabetes … their disease
Blacks and Hispanics are more likely to suffer from diabetes than whites. … They are also more likely to suffer from diabetes-related complications such as kidney and eye disease … sugar (glycemic) levels and reduce complications and deaths from diabetes. … Yet few people with diabetes engage in multiple diabetes self-care behaviors at the recommended levels
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archive.ahrq.gov/prevention/curriculum/diabnotebk/diabnotebk230.html
October 01, 2014 - Diabetes Planned Visit Notebook
2.30 Conditions to Consider at Diabetes Planned Visit
Previous … Diabetes Planned Visit Algorithm
2.11 Blood Pressure Control at the Diabetes Planned Visit
2.12 … Visit
2.30 Conditions to Consider at Diabetes Planned Visit
3. … Type 2 Diabetes
24. … Oral Diabetes Medications
27. Blood Glucose and Urine Ketone Testing
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archive.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/research-activities/oct12/1012RA7.html
October 01, 2012 - complications in older adults with diabetes Alcohol may be misused by residents in assistant living … A new study finds that nonelderly patients with diabetes are increasingly being treated with multidrug … They identified nonelderly adults with diabetes and also identified their coexisting conditions, such … Between the two time periods studied, the total number of nonelderly adults treated for diabetes nearly … More details are in "Changes in pharmaceutical treatment of diabetes and family financial burdens," by
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archive.ahrq.gov/news/newsletters/research-activities/apr11/0411RA38.html
April 01, 2011 - Diet and medication adherence can reduce cardiovascular disease for patients with type 2 diabetes Provider's … New AHRQ report on women at risk for diabetes is available
Research Activities, April 2011, No. 368 … Women account for nearly half of all cases of diabetes in this country, and projections indicate that … You can access the report at Women at High Risk for Diabetes: Access and Quality of Health Care, 2003 … Page last reviewed April 2011
Internet Citation: New AHRQ report on women at risk for diabetes is
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archive.ahrq.gov/news/newsroom/press-releases/2012/aprvivirpr.html
January 01, 2012 - New Web Videonovela Series Helps Spanish-speaking Patients Compare Treatments for Diabetes | AHRQ Archive … New Web Videonovela Series Helps Spanish-speaking Patients Compare Treatments for Diabetes
Press Release … Aprende a vivir tells the story of Don Felipe, who has type 2 diabetes and is head of the Jiménez family … Research shows that people with type 2 diabetes often have problems adhering to medication schedules. … For information in Spanish about diabetes from the CDC go to http://www.cdc.gov/diabetes/spanish/ and
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archive.ahrq.gov/research/oct04/1004RA18.htm
October 01, 2004 - Research Activities, October 2004: Quality/Patient Safety: Very little of the variation in quality of diabetes … Very little of the variation in quality of diabetes care is explained by practice factors
Physician … practice management strategies and financial arrangements have very little impact on quality of diabetes … Keating and her colleagues studied medical records of 652 adult diabetes patients in three Minnesota … performance reports, and routinely enrolled patients with diabetes in disease management programs.
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archive.ahrq.gov/research/sep02/0902RA3.htm
September 01, 2002 - Poor health literacy may contribute to excess diabetes-related complications among disadvantaged groups … People with type 2 diabetes are often called upon to self-manage their chronic disease. … Poor health literacy may contribute to the greater burden of diabetes-related complications seen among … A similar association between health literacy and other self-reported diabetes complications did not … More details are in "Association of health literacy with diabetes outcomes," by Dean Schillinger, M.D
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archive.ahrq.gov/research/mar08/0308RA13.htm
March 01, 2008 - Research Activities, March 2008: Chronic Disease: Patients with diabetes and depression tend to skip … self-care behaviors that would help keep their diabetes in check … Patients with diabetes and depression tend to skip self-care behaviors that would help keep their diabetes … in check
Many persons with diabetes also suffer from depression. … See "Depression, self-care, and medication adherence in type 2 diabetes," by Jeffrey S.
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archive.ahrq.gov/research/feb04/0204RA6.htm
February 01, 2004 - Care Delivery: Better communication of disease-specific and general health information can improve diabetes … Better communication of disease-specific and general health information can improve diabetes self-care … Two dimensions of patient-provider communication—diabetes-specific communication and general health … Although improving both types of communication would be ideal, a recent study has found that diabetes … They also asked patients about diabetes self-care within the past 7 days.
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archive.ahrq.gov/research/oct07/1007RA21.htm
October 01, 2007 - Activities, October 2007: Acute Care Hospitalization: One-third of patients with acute coronary syndrome and diabetes … One-third of patients with acute coronary syndrome and diabetes do not have their blood sugar assessed … Novel strategies to improve diabetes care at the time of hospitalization for ACS are needed, suggest … HbA1c values were known or obtained in 69 percent of the ACS patients with diabetes. … Among ACS patients with diabetes whose HbA1c was elevated, only 42 percent of those with an HbA1c of