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January 12, 2012 | Program Result
Advancing Measurement of Equity and Patient-Centered Care to Improve Health Care Quality was a targeted solicitation for proposals to expand understanding of how to make health care both more patient-centered and more equitable.
February 2, 2010 | Journal Article
Diabetes patients with multiple health concerns often agree with their primary care providers about which of their conditions is most important. Providers need to give more consideration to symptomatic conditions, such as pain and depression, as well as competing demands.
December 1, 2009 | Journal Article
This article examines how children are involved in their parents' diabetes self-management. Both parents and children perceive that children influence dietary, exercise and medication management.
February 1, 2009 | Journal Article
Finding means of improving patients' adherence to treatments is a critical aspect of improving outcomes. This retrospective cohort study assessed the proportion of patients who filled their initial prescriptions for a diabetes medication.
October 27, 2008 | Journal Article
Despite innovations in therapy, little is known about patterns and costs of drug treatments of diabetes mellitus. In this article, researchers used the National Disease and Therapeutic Index to analyze medications prescribed between 1994 and 2007 for all U.S. office visits among patients 35 years and older with type 2 diabetes.
January 1, 2004 | Journal Article
Diabetes care is a critical issue for federally funded community health center delivery sites that provide care for 11 million medically underserved Americans. In 1998, the Bureau of Primary Health Care began a six-year Health Disparities Collaborat ...
October 13, 2004 | Journal Article
This study was conducted to examine the role of literacy on the effectiveness of a comprehensive disease management program for patients with diabetes. Data from a randomized controlled trial of a comprehensive diabetes management program were analy ...
November 1, 2003 | Journal Article
Patients and physicians often disagree on the nature and outcomes of their health conditions, as well as strategies for effective health management.
March 1, 2008 | Journal Article
This study aims to describe the preferences of older patients with diabetes regarding their willingness to accept certain treatment regimens.
June 12, 2008 | Journal Article
This study shows that patients with type 2 diabetes who use insulin will not necessarily gain more weight than those diabetes patients who are not taking insulin.