Diabetes Care Quality in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System and Commercial Managed Care: The TRIAD Study

Figure. *Patients receiving care in one of the Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study health plans or Department of Veterans Affairs ( ) health care systems and who had diabetes diagnosis based on the following criteria: a diagnostic code for diabetes (for example, 2 or more outpatient visits with an associated diabetes code [International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, 250. ] or 1 or more inpatient stays with an associated diabetes code); a laboratory value suggestive of diabetes (for example, 2 or more hemoglobin A tests or diagnostic levels of hemoglobin A or fasting blood glucose); or a prescription for medications for diabetes (for example, insulin or an oral antidiabetic agent). †At the time of the survey, patients who met the initial criteria were included only if they verified that they had diabetes and received most of their diabetes care through the participating TRIAD health plan or a participating VA facility. CMC = commercial managed care.
Figure. *Patients receiving care in one of the Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study health plans or Department of Veterans Affairs ( ) health care systems and who had diabetes diagnosis based on the following criteria: a diagnostic code for diabetes (for example, 2 or more outpatient visits with an associated diabetes code [International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision, 250. ] or 1 or more inpatient stays with an associated diabetes code); a laboratory value suggestive of diabetes (for example, 2 or more hemoglobin A tests or diagnostic levels of hemoglobin A or fasting blood glucose); or a prescription for medications for diabetes (for example, insulin or an oral antidiabetic agent). †At the time of the survey, patients who met the initial criteria were included only if they verified that they had diabetes and received most of their diabetes care through the participating TRIAD health plan or a participating VA facility. CMC = commercial managed care. Description of sampling and response rate.VAxx1c1c

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  1. Ann Intern Med August 17, 2004 vol. 141 no. 4 272-281
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