Abstract:Medication persistence is imperative for successful treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2D). Prior research has shown that discontinuation of prescribed medication within the first year is common for number of chronic disease treatments and that this is associated with poor clinical outcomes.
We performed a retrospective, observational study using claims data from the Truven Health MarketScan® Commercial and Medicare Supplemental Databases (2013-2016) to identify T2D patients initiating T2D therapy. … Show more
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