Association between provider specialty and healthcare costs and glycemic control for patients with diabetes.

CONCLUSION: DM management by an endocrinologist was associated with greater HbA1C improvement and significantly lower medical costs. Total medical and pharmacy costs were higher with an endocrinologist, but resulted in lower costs ranging from 2% to 9% for patients with T1D, regardless of insurance type. PMID: 29669452 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: Journal of Medical Economics - Category: Health Management Tags: J Med Econ Source Type: research