This study examined the distribution of diabetic medications among adults with type 2 diabetes, and the association … between glucose control and treatment approach. During 1999–2004, approximately 60 percent of adults with type 2 diabetes used … only oral agents to manage their diabetes. Use of multiple oral agents among adults with type 2 diabetes has increased …

Informatics for Diabetes Education and Telemedicine (IDEATel) demonstration showed no overall cost savings for Medicare. The … only one site and had no cost-reducing effect on the use of expensive services, such as hospital care. Furthermore, the …

agency’s work relates to diabetes prevention, detection, and treatment. The reviews were based on staff review of materials …

In 2007, highly publicized warnings suggested rosiglitazone, a drug used to treat type 2 diabetes, may be associated … warnings by analyzing anti-diabetes drug use before and after the 2007 warnings in the military health system. We found that … the total number of prescriptions for all anti-diabetes medications remained constant before and after the warnings …

The federal government spent $79.7 billion more in 2005 to treat those with diabetes and care for its complications … of this spending is potentially avoidable, to the extent that diabetes and its complications can be prevented. This … report identifies ways for the federal government to take a leadership role in reversing the upward trend of diabetes by …

Diabetes is a growing threat to the nation’s health that has serious and costly complications. This paper looks behind … study. The estimates include $2.5 billion in disability payments associated with diabetes and $77.2 billion in increased … enhanced efforts to control blood glucose, reduce the risk of complications, and prevent the onset of diabetes, federal costs …