Clinical Inertia in Response to Inadequate Glycemic Control | Zendy

Baiju R. Shah | Zendy; Janet E. Hux | Zendy; Andreas Laupacis | Zendy; Bernard Zinman | Zendy; Carl van Walraven | Zendy

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Clinical Inertia in Response to Inadequate Glycemic Control

Author(s) -

Baiju R. Shah,

Janet E. Hux,

Andreas Laupacis,

Bernard Zinman,

Carl van Walraven

Publication year - 2005

Publication title -

diabetes care

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 6.636

H-Index - 363

eISSN - 1935-5548

pISSN - 0149-5992

DOI - 10.2337/diacare.28.3.600

Subject(s) - medicine , glycemic , diabetes mellitus , specialty , confounding , propensity score matching , primary care , insulin , psychological intervention , intensive care medicine , primary care physician , emergency medicine , family medicine , endocrinology , nursing

Diabetic patients with inadequate glycemic control ought to have their management intensified. Failure to do so can be termed "clinical inertia." Because data suggest that specialist care results in better control than primary care, we evaluated whether specialists demonstrated less clinical inertia than primary care physicians.

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