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April 2020 Briefing – Diabetes & Endocrinology

Here are what the editors at HealthDay consider to be the most important developments in Diabetes & Endocrinology for April 2020. This roundup includes...
There is wide variation in thyroidectomy rates among Medicare beneficiaries nationally

Across U.S., Wide Variation Seen in Thyroidectomy Rates

Rate per 100,000 Medicare beneficiaries ranges from 22 to 139, a 6.2-fold difference
Americans under age 65 years who were insured through their employer spent more than ever before on health care in 2016

Health Care Spending Up, Mainly Due to Rising Prices

Spending increasing despite no change or decline in utilization of most health care services
Engaging in abusive supervisory behavior may be associated with short-term beneficial effects

Short-Lived Benefits for Abusive Supervisory Behavior

Positive indirect effect on work engagement via recovery level, which is short-lived
Most female physicians have been sexually harassed by patients at some point in their careers

Most Female Physicians Have Faced Sexist Patient Comments

Sexual harassment by patients can negatively affect physician-patient relationship, quality of care
Breast cancer-specific mortality remains higher among women with diabetes who have longer diabetes duration or preexisting cardiovascular disease

Diabetes Impacts Mortality in Breast Cancer Patients

Longer duration of DM, pre-existing CVD increased all-cause and cancer-specific mortality
Diabetes disease management through a pay-for-performance program cuts diabetes-related

Pay for Performance Cuts Mortality in Diabetes Patients

Program associated with lower risk for mortality, but not cancer incidence
Online consumer ratings of specialist physicians do not predict objective measures of quality of care or peer assessment of clinical performance

Online Ratings Not Aligned With Objective Quality Measures

In addition, consumer ratings are consistent across platforms for specialist physicians
Obesity and metabolic syndrome are associated with increased recurrence among men with prostate cancer who undergo radical prostatectomy

Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome Ups Risk of Recurrent Prostate Cancer

Following radical prostatectomy, higher BMI increases risk of recurrence for prostate cancer
For patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus

Addition of DPP4i to AGI Reduces HbA1c in T2DM

Greater drop in HbA1c with DPP4i added to alpha glucosidase inhibitor, with no increase in weight