Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism
Variation in Treatment Patterns of Type 2 Diabetes in Older Patients
ABSTRACT Aims To estimate the proportion of older patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D) and HbA1c above or below goal at provider level and explore factors associated with patients being above or below goal. Materials and Methods We used 2023 Cleveland Clinic electronic health records, including patients ≥ 65 years old with T2D, ≥ 1 diabetes medication and ≥ 1 HbA1c measurement. Patients were assigned to their listed primary care provider or the one they saw most frequently and stratified into good, intermediate, or …