Journal of general internal medicine
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Comparative Study
The effect of incident cancer, depression and pulmonary disease exacerbations on type 2 diabetes control.
Little is known about how the development of a new chronic health condition affects management of existing chronic conditions over time. New conditions might worsen management of existing conditions because of competing demands or improve management of existing conditions because of increased engagement with heath care. We assessed the effect of incident stage 0, 1, 2 or 3 breast, colon or prostate cancer; incident depression; or an exacerbation of chronic pulmonary disease on control of type 2 diabetes (DM2). ⋯ Although incident comorbidities inevitably will affect patients' and clinicians' care priorities, we did not observe changes in these particular outcomes. Additional investigation of interactions between diseases will inform changes in care that benefit complex patient populations.