Enrollment in High-Deductible Health Plans and Incident Diabetes Complications
McCoy R, Swarna K, Jiang D, Van Houten H, Chen J, Davis E, Herrin J. Enrollment in High-Deductible Health Plans and Incident Diabetes Complications. JAMA Network Open 2024, 7: e243394. PMID: 38517436, PMCID: PMC10960199, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2024.3394.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-deductible health plansHealth plansChronic disease managementOdds of myocardial infarctionLower-extremity complicationsMixed-effects logistic regression modelsOut-of-pocket costsAssociated with increased oddsDiabetic complicationsInverse propensity score weightingLogistic regression modelsCardiovascular risk factorsEmployer-sponsored health plansDiabetes careRetrospective cohort studyUS adultsPropensity score weightingPotential selection biasMain OutcomesCohort studyBaseline yearIncident complicationsDisease managementMixed-effectsPotential harmDisparities in Acute and Chronic Complications of Diabetes Along the U.S. Rural-Urban Continuum.
Steiger K, Herrin J, Swarna K, Davis E, McCoy R. Disparities in Acute and Chronic Complications of Diabetes Along the U.S. Rural-Urban Continuum. Diabetes Care 2024, 47: 818-825. PMID: 38387066, PMCID: PMC11043221, DOI: 10.2337/dc23-1552.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchResidents of remote areasRural-urban continuumHazard ratioLower-extremity complicationsHazard of myocardial infarctionMedicare Advantage beneficiariesRemote areasHazard of strokeOptumLabs Data WarehouseComplications of diabetesLower hazardMyocardial infarctionRetrospective cohort studyHeart failureDiabetic complicationsCohort studyResidents of small townsEnd-stage kidney diseaseSmall townsChronic complications of diabetesChronic diabetic complicationsResidentsDiabetesDisparitiesChronic complications