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     <title>RAND Research Topic: Diabetes</title>
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     <updated>2012-05-24T14:13:11Z</updated>
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   <title type="html">Diabetes Care in China: Impacts of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) and Insurance on Quality and Utilization</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD286.html</id>
   <published>Nov 3, 2011</published>
   <updated>Nov 3, 2011</updated>
   <summary type="html">Explores quality and utilization of diabetes care in China.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Children with Diabetes Compared to Peers: Depressed? Distressed? A Meta-Analytic Review</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110052.html</id>
   <published>Mar 28, 2011</published>
   <updated>Mar 28, 2011</updated>
   <summary type="html">This meta-analysis suggests that children with diabetes are at slightly elevated risk for psychological difficulties such as depression, anxiety, and behavioral problems.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Largest Study of High-Deductible Health Plans Finds Substantial Cost Savings, but Less Preventive Care</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110048.html</id>
   <published>Mar 25, 2011</published>
   <updated>Mar 25, 2011</updated>
   <summary type="html">The largest-ever assessment of high-deductible health plans finds that while such plans  significantly cut health spending, they also prompt patients to cut back on preventive health care.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Cost Implications to Health Care Payers of Improving Glucose Management among Adults with Type 2 Diabetes</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110077.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2010</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2010</updated>
   <summary type="html">Improving glucose management among adults with type 2 diabetes has modest costs compared to diabetes-related health care expenditures.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Larger Waist Size Linked to Higher Diabetes Rates Among Americans</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/news/press/2010/10/07.html</id>
   <published>Oct 6, 2010</published>
   <updated>Oct 6, 2010</updated>
   <summary type="html">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.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Diminishing Efficacy of Combination Therapy, Response-Heterogeneity, and Treatment Intolerance Limit the Attainability of Tight Risk Factor Control in Patients with Diabetes</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100004.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2009</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2009</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Evaluate the attainability of tight risk factor control targets for three diabetes risk factors and to assess the degree of polypharmacy required.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Variation in the Net Benefit of Aggressive Cardiovascular Risk Factor Control Across the US Population of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20100077.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2009</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2009</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;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&apos;s underlying risk for cardiovascular disease.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Three Essays on Health Behaviors and the Need for New Policy</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/rgs_dissertations/RGSD251.html</id>
   <published>Oct 15, 2009</published>
   <updated>Oct 15, 2009</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Three essays, each on one emerging public health issue that calls for new policy making.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">When Drug Cost-Sharing Increases, Patients Newly Diagnosed with a Chronic Illness Delay Starting Medication</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9453.html</id>
   <published>Jun 29, 2009</published>
   <updated>Jun 29, 2009</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Higher Co-Payments Discourage Patients With Newly Diagnosed Chronic Illnesses From Starting Drug Treatment</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/news/press/2009/04/28/copayments_treatment.html</id>
   <published>Apr 28, 2009</published>
   <updated>Apr 28, 2009</updated>
   <summary type="html">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.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Cases of Undiagnosed Diabetes Drop Sharply; Minorities No Longer More Likely to Be Undiagnosed but Less Educated Are</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/08/13.html</id>
   <published>Aug 12, 2007</published>
   <updated>Aug 12, 2007</updated>
   <summary type="html">RAND Finds Cases of Undiagnosed Diabetes Drop Sharply; Minorities No Longer More Likely to Be Undiagnosed but Less Educated Are</summary>
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   <title type="html">RAND Study Finds Women with Heart Disease and Diabetes Less Likely than Men to Receive Appropriate Outpatient Care</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/news/press/2007/05/14.html</id>
   <published>May 14, 2007</published>
   <updated>May 14, 2007</updated>
   <summary type="html">May 14, 2007 news release: RAND Study Finds Women with Heart Disease and Diabetes Less Likely than Men to Receive Appropriate Outpatient Care.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Can a Chronic Care Model Collaborative Reduce Heart Disease Risk in Patients with Diabetes?</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070216.html</id>
   <published>Jan 31, 2007</published>
   <updated>Jan 31, 2007</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;The authors examine the impact of participation in a collaborative implementing the chronic care model (CCM) on the reduction of cardiovascular disease risk in patients with diabetes.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Nature and Causes of Trends in Male Diabetes Prevalence, Undiagnosed Diabetes, and the Socioeconomic Status Health Gradient</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070808.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2006</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2006</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;This paper investigates levels in diabetes prevalence patterns across key socioeconomic status indicators and how they changed over time.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Quality Indicators for the Care of Diabetes Mellitus in Vulnerable Elders</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20071033.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2006</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2006</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Diabetes mellitus (DM) is one of the most important causes of morbidity and mortality in the United States.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Does Quality of Care for Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes Differ By Gender for Enrollees in Managed Care Plans?</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070523.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2006</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2006</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Gender differences in the quality of cardiovascular and diabetic care were common and sometimes substantial among enrollees in Medicare and commercial health plans. Routine monitoring of such differences is both warranted and feasible.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Gender Disparities in Managed Care It&apos;s Time for Action</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070522.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2006</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2006</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Commentary on the set of four studies on gender differences in the quality of CVD and diabetes care in this issue of Women&apos;s Health Issues. These studies look at care associated with an increasingly important, but relatively understudied group of stakeholders and settings of care-namely, managed health care plans.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Study Finds Middle-Aged Americans Less Healthy Than English Counterparts</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/news/press/2006/05/02.html</id>
   <published>May 2, 2006</published>
   <updated>May 2, 2006</updated>
   <summary type="html">May 2, 2006 News Release: Study Finds Middle-Aged Americans Less Healthy Than English Counterparts.</summary>
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   <title type="html">Family History of Type 2 Diabetes: A Population-Based Screening Tool for Prevention?</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060218.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2005</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2005</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;To evaluate the use of self-reported family medical history as a potential screening tool to identify people at-risk for diabetes.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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   <title type="html">Hospital Competition, Managed Care and Mortality After Hospitalization for Medical Conditions: Evidence from Three States</title>
   <id>http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20060630.html</id>
   <published>Dec 31, 2005</published>
   <updated>Dec 31, 2005</updated>
   <summary type="html">&lt;p&gt;Assesses the effect of hospital competition and HMO penetration on mortality after hospitalization for six medical conditions in California, New York, and Wisconsin.&lt;/p&gt;</summary>
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