Surveillance of Hypoglycemia-Limitations of Emergency Department and Hospital Utilization Data

JAMA Intern Med. 2018 Jul 1;178(7):987-988. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.1014.

Abstract

This study examines the proportion of all severe hypoglycemic events that are captured by surveillance based on health care utilization alone among pharmacologically treated patients with diabetes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural

MeSH terms

  • California / epidemiology
  • Emergency Service, Hospital / statistics & numerical data
  • Female
  • Hospitalization / statistics & numerical data
  • Humans
  • Hypoglycemia / chemically induced
  • Hypoglycemia / epidemiology*
  • Hypoglycemic Agents / adverse effects
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Patient Acceptance of Health Care / statistics & numerical data
  • Population Surveillance*
  • Surveys and Questionnaires

Substances

  • Hypoglycemic Agents