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A long-term quality-of-care score for predicting the occurrence of macrovascular diseases in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus
Diabetes mellitus (DM) is prevalent worldwide, and the number of patients was estimated to be 382 million in 2013 and expected to rise to 592 million by 2035 [1]. In Taiwan, around 7% of the total population (about 1.6 million) had DM in 2012, 90% of whom had type 2 diabetes mellitus. DM has been among the top five leading causes of death in Taiwan for more than three decades and took up about 11.5% of the total healthcare expenditures in the recent years [2]. In addition, DM is associated with a 2-4 times higher risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke, which are the leading causes of death and disability among peo...
Source: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice - February 23, 2018 Category: Endocrinology Authors: Pi-I Li, Jian-Nan Wang, How-Ran Guo Source Type: research
