Diabetic medicine : a journal of the British Diabetic Association
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Multicenter Study
Expenditure on diabetes treatments and achievement of glycaemic control: retrospective analysis.
To establish if a relationship exists between the prescribing costs of diabetes treatments and the achievement of Quality and Outcome Framework DM6 standards of glycaemic control. ⋯ At primary care organization level, there is no association between weighted expenditure on diabetes treatments and achievement of glycaemic control targets. Although there are limitations to what can be inferred from analyses of this type, these data support a judicious and carefully directed approach to the use of newer, more expensive treatments until clear evidence of added benefit is forthcoming.
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To assess small-fibre involvement in diabetic patients with neuropathic pain. ⋯ Although the exact mechanism of neuropathic pain in diabetic patients is not known, pain is almost invariably accompanied by small-fibre dysfunction and pathology irrespective of autonomic or large-fibre involvement.