Pharmacist-Led Diabetes Control Intervention and Health Outcomes in Hispanic Patients With Diabetes

This quality improvement study examines the association of a pharmacist-led intervention with HbA1c and systolic blood pressure among Hispanic patients with diabetes.

.5) 1.All covariates are measured during the pre-index (baseline period).Propensity scores were generated using logistic regression models that included pre-index (HbA1c and SBP levels, age, gender, language preference, BMI category, smoking status, Charlson Co-morbidity index, Diabetes Severity Index, presence of serious mental illness (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depression), having seen an endocrinologist ≥ 1 time, number of diabetes medications, total number of medications and health insurance status.Each UCMyRx-exposed patient was matched to two usual care patients using a Nearest Neighbor Matching approach.Bivariates were generated using t-test and Chi-squared test for continuous and categorical/dichotomous variables, respectively..3) 1.All covariates are measured during the pre-index (baseline period).Propensity scores were generated using logistic regression models that included pre-index (HbA1c and SBP levels, age, gender, language preference, BMI category, smoking status, Charlson Co-morbidity index, Diabetes Severity Index, presence of serious mental illness (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depression), having seen an endocrinologist ≥ 1 time, number of diabetes medications, total number of medications and health insurance status.Each UCMyRx-exposed patient was matched to two usual care patients using a Nearest Neighbor Matching approach.Bivariates were generated using t-test and Chi-squared test for continuous and categorical/dichotomous variables, respectively.

eTable 1. Descriptive Statistics by Treatment Status for the HbA1c Sample (Unmatched and Matched) Covariates 1 Source Population for Usual Care n=727 p- value UCMyRx n=132 p- value
medications, total number of medications and health insurance status.Each UCMyRx-exposed patient was matched to two usual care patients using a Nearest Neighbor Matching approach.Bivariates were generated using t-test and Chi-squared test for continuous and categorical/dichotomous variables, respectively.eTable 2.

Descriptive Statistics by Treatment Status for the Systolic Blood Pressure Sample (Unmatched and Matched) Covariates 1 Source Population for Usual Care n=1755 p- value UCMyRx n=265 p- value
Bivariates were generated using t-test and Chi-squared test for continuous and categorical/dichotomous variables, respectively.eTable 3.

Descriptive Statistics by Treatment Status for the HbA1c Sample Non-English Speaking (Unmatched and Matched) Covariates 1 Source Population for Usual Care n=198 p- value
All covariates are measured during the pre-index (baseline period).Propensity scores were generated using logistic regression models that included pre-index (HbA1c and SBP levels, age, gender, language preference, BMI category, smoking status, Charlson Co-morbidity index, Diabetes Severity Index, presence of serious mental illness (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depression), having seen an endocrinologist ≥ 1 time, number of diabetes medications, total number of medications and health insurance status.Each UCMyRx-exposed patient was matched to two usual care patients using a Nearest Neighbor Matching approach.Bivariates were generated using t-test and Chi-squared test for continuous and categorical/dichotomous variables, respectively.

eTable 7. Descriptive Statistics by Treatment Status for HbA1c Sample Exposed Hispanic vs Exposed Non-Hispanic White (Unmatched and Matched)
smoking status, Charlson Co-morbidity index, Diabetes Severity Index, presence of serious mental illness (bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, major depression), having seen an endocrinologist ≥ 1 time, number of diabetes medications, total number of medications and health insurance status.Each UCMyRx-exposed patient was matched to two usual care patients using a Nearest Neighbor Matching approach.Bivariates were generated using t-test and Chi-squared test for continuous and categorical/dichotomous variables, respectively.eTable 8.