Journal Article
This longitudinal study compared emerging adults with and without type 1 diabetes on life path decisions, health behaviors, and psychological well-being during the transition out of high school.
News Release
Immigrants who come to the United States from Mexico arrive with a significant amount of undiagnosed disease. About half who have diabetes are unaware they have it and about one-third of those with high blood pressure are unaware of the illness.
Journal Article
The majority of diabetes cases are preventable, and risk reduction strategies can be effectively applied to all racial/ethnic groups.
Report
Explores quality and utilization of diabetes care in China.
Journal Article
This meta-analysis suggests that children with diabetes are at slightly elevated risk for psychological difficulties such as depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems.
Journal Article
The largest-ever assessment of high-deductible health plans find that such plans significantly cut health spending but families with such plans also cut preventive care such as cancer screening, childhood immunizations, and routine diabetes testing.
Journal Article
Over the last ten years changes in the legal framework of the German health care system have promoted the development of new health service models to improve chronic care.
Journal Article
Improving glucose management among adults with type 2 diabetes has modest costs compared to diabetes-related health care expenditures.
News Release
A higher rate of diabetes seen among adult Americans when compared to peers in England is explained primarily by a larger waist size rather than conventional risk factors such as obesity.
Media Advisory
Are there effective ways that communities can promote healthy behaviors and quality-of-life enhancers such as bike paths and neighborhood parks? Are there ways to compete with misleading media images of fast food? Join a panel of public health policy experts for a lively discussion.
Journal Article
Evaluate the attainability of tight risk factor control targets for three diabetes risk factors and to assess the degree of polypharmacy required.
Journal Article
This study examined the benefits of aggressively controlling blood pressure and cholesterol in diabetes patients and found that the potential benefits depend on a patient's underlying risk for cardiovascular disease.
Report
Three essays, each on one emerging public health issue that calls for new policy making.
Research Brief
Describes a study showing that increasing copayments for prescription drugs causes patients newly diagnosed with hypertension, high cholesterol, and diabetes to delay starting treatment, which in turn increases their risk for heart attack and stroke.
News Release
Patients newly diagnosed with hypertension, diabetes or high cholesterol are significantly more likely to delay initiating recommended drug treatment if they face higher co-payments for medications.
News Release
RAND Finds Cases of Undiagnosed Diabetes Drop Sharply; Minorities No Longer More Likely to Be Undiagnosed but Less Educated Are
News Release
May 14, 2007 news release: RAND Study Finds Women with Heart Disease and Diabetes Less Likely than Men to Receive Appropriate Outpatient Care.
Journal Article
There is a need to identify effective practical interventions to decrease cardiovascular disease risk in patients with diabetes.
Journal Article
Commentary on the set of four studies on gender differences in the quality of CVD and diabetes care in this issue of Women's Health Issues.
Journal Article
PURPOSE: To assess gender differences in the quality of care for cardiovascular disease and diabetes for enrollees in managed care plans.
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