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What is one of the consequences of racial and ethnic groups receiving lower quality care?
What is one of the consequences of racial and ethnic groups receiving lower quality care?
- Overutilization of preventive care services
- Widening the gap in diabetes outcomes between the rich and poor
- Increased access to educational initiatives
- Underutilization of preventive care services (correct)
What is a potential benefit of ensuring that certain groups are not disproportionately disempowered by co-payments and coverage limitations?
What is a potential benefit of ensuring that certain groups are not disproportionately disempowered by co-payments and coverage limitations?
- Improving tight glycemic control for all individuals with diabetes
- Increased access to modern insulin dosing for developing nations
- Increasing the quality of care for racial and ethnic groups
- Reducing the gap in diabetes outcomes between the rich and poor (correct)
What is a factor that contributes to African Americans being more insulin resistant than their Caucasian counterparts?
What is a factor that contributes to African Americans being more insulin resistant than their Caucasian counterparts?
- Previous cardiovascular disease only in Caucasian individuals
- Lower rates of comorbidities
- Higher rates of comorbidities (correct)
- Lower insulin requirements
What is a potential consequence of not making recent therapeutic advances and knowledge about tight glycemic control available to all individuals with diabetes?
What is a potential consequence of not making recent therapeutic advances and knowledge about tight glycemic control available to all individuals with diabetes?
What is a goal of advocacy efforts in countries with healthcare financing?
What is a goal of advocacy efforts in countries with healthcare financing?
What is a potential consequence of higher insulin requirements and dosing in African Americans?
What is a potential consequence of higher insulin requirements and dosing in African Americans?
What is a common misconception about insulin therapy in African American patients with type 2 diabetes?
What is a common misconception about insulin therapy in African American patients with type 2 diabetes?
Why is sliding scale insulin regimens not an effective means of providing tight glycemic control in admitted patients with type 2 diabetes?
Why is sliding scale insulin regimens not an effective means of providing tight glycemic control in admitted patients with type 2 diabetes?
What is the principle behind eliminating health disparities in diabetes care?
What is the principle behind eliminating health disparities in diabetes care?
What is a proposed strategy for addressing health disparities in insulin dosing?
What is a proposed strategy for addressing health disparities in insulin dosing?
Why is it important to consider the initiation of insulin therapy before the onset of debilitating symptoms and diagnosis of end-organ failure?
Why is it important to consider the initiation of insulin therapy before the onset of debilitating symptoms and diagnosis of end-organ failure?
What is a barrier to addressing undertreatment of insulin dosing among minority and underprivileged populations?
What is a barrier to addressing undertreatment of insulin dosing among minority and underprivileged populations?
What is the most effective treatment in reducing mean glucose and glycemic variability?
What is the most effective treatment in reducing mean glucose and glycemic variability?
Why is it important to simplify insulin regimens and empower patients to be involved in medical decision-making?
Why is it important to simplify insulin regimens and empower patients to be involved in medical decision-making?
What is a proposed strategy for promoting patient self-management behaviors and improving provider initiative to intensify therapy?
What is a proposed strategy for promoting patient self-management behaviors and improving provider initiative to intensify therapy?
What is the goal of a comprehensive program using continuing medical education tools to teach the skills necessary to make dosing decisions based on pharmacokinetics?
What is the goal of a comprehensive program using continuing medical education tools to teach the skills necessary to make dosing decisions based on pharmacokinetics?
