Association between hypoglycemia and fall-related events in type 2 diabetes mellitus: Analysis of A U.S. commercial database

Journal of Managed Care Pharmacy

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 243-253

  Kachroo, Sumesh ^a   Kawabata, Hugh ^a   Colilla, Susan ^a   Shi, Lizheng ^b,c   Zhao, Yingnan ^c,d   Mukherjee, Jayanti ^a   Iloeje, Uchenna ^e   Fonseca, Vivian ^f  

^a BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System   (United States)

^d XAVIER UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA   (United States)

^e ALEXION PHARMACEUTICALS   (United States)

^f TULANE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DYSLIPIDEMIA; FALLING; FEMALE; FRACTURE; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIA; ICD-9-CM; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; UNITED STATES; AGE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPLICATION; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ECONOMICS; FACTUAL DATABASE; HOSPITALIZATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY;

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COHORT STUDIES; COST OF ILLNESS; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84930145182     PISSN: 10834087     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.18553/jmcp.2015.21.3.243     Document Type: Article

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