Association of inpatient and outpatient glucose management with inpatient mortality among patients with and without diabetes at a major academic medical center
Abstract:Background
Hospitalized patients with diabetes have experienced a disproportionate reduction in mortality over the past decade.
Objective
To examine whether this differential decrease affected all patients with diabetes, and to identify explanatory factors.
Design
Serial, cross-sectional observational study
Setting
Academic medical center
Patients
All adult, non-obstetric patients with an inpatient discharge between Jan 1, 2000 and Dec 31, 2010
Measurement
We assessed in-hospital mortality; inpatient… Show more
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