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. 2018 Jul 1;178(7):987-988.
doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2018.1014.

Surveillance of Hypoglycemia-Limitations of Emergency Department and Hospital Utilization Data

Andrew J Karter  1 , Howard H Moffet  1 , Jennifer Y Liu  1 , Kasia J Lipska  2
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Surveillance of Hypoglycemia-Limitations of Emergency Department and Hospital Utilization Data

Andrew J Karter et al. JAMA Intern Med. .

Abstract

This study examines the proportion of all severe hypoglycemic events that are captured by surveillance based on health care utilization alone among pharmacologically treated patients with diabetes.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict of Interest Disclosures: Dr Karter and Mr Moffet received unrelated funding from AstraZeneca. Mr Moffet and Ms Liu also received unrelated funding from Regeneron. Dr Lipska receives support from the National Institute on Aging and the American Federation of Aging Research through the Paul Beeson Career Development Award (K23 AG048359) and the Yale Claude D. Pepper Older Americans Independence Center (P30 AG021342). Dr Karter is also supported by the NIDDK Centers for Diabetes Translational Research (P30 DK092924).

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