ACE/ADA Inpatient Diabetes and Glycemic Control Consensus Conference FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS OF GLYCEMIC CONTROL: RESULTS OF AN INPATIENT DIABETES MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

American College of Endocrinology and American Diabetes Association consensus statement on inpatient diabetes and glycemic control.

D iabetes has reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., affecting in excess of 20 million individuals (more than one of every three persons). In addition, another 26% have impaired fasting glucose (1). Similarly, a disproportionate number of hospitalized patients have diabetes. Furthermore, for every two patients in the hospital with known diabetes, there may be an additional patient with newly...

American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists and American Diabetes Association Consensus Statement on Inpatient Glycemic Control

P eople with diabetes are more likely to be hospitalized and to have longer durations of hospital stay than those without diabetes. A recent survey estimated that 22% of all hospital inpatient days were incurred by people with diabetes and that hospital inpatient care accounted for half of the 174 billion USD total U.S. medical expenditures for this disease (1). These findings are due, in part,...

Financial implications of glycemic control: results of an inpatient diabetes management program.

OBJECTIVE (1) To determine the financial implications associated with changes in clinical outcomes resulting from implementation of an inpatient diabetes management program and (2) to describe the strategies involved in the formation of this program. METHODS The various factors that influence financial outcomes are examined, and previous and current outcomes are compared. RESULTS Associatio...

American College of Endocrinology and American Diabetes Association Consensus Statement on Inpatient Diabetes and Glycemic Control*

Prevalence of hyper- and hypoglycemia among inpatients with diabetes: a national survey of 44 U.S. hospitals.

The recent demonstration (1–3) of the benefits of intensive glycemic control in hospitalized patients has renewed interest in inpatient management of diabetes. Poor glycemic control is a marker for poor quality of hospital care (4), as well as an important safety issue: insulin is one of five medications most associated with inpatient medication errors (5,6). Moreover, many hospitals continue t...