The glucose-based criteria for the diagnosis of diabetes are based on outcome data (the risk of micro- and macrovascular disease) correlated with plasma glucose concentrations both fasting and 2 h after a glucose load assayed in an accredited laboratory (1).
Albeit, like every other theory doing the rounds, this too is simply speculation, a conclusion based on outcome.
Adjusting payment based on outcome and prevention, rather than the number of hospital admissions for example, should serve as a cogent incentive for innovation in the form of telehealth.
No differences were noticed based on outcome.
Increasingly, payments are made by patients themselves and/or insurance companies based on outcome and experience.
However, this was a post hoc analysis after a primary analysis based on outcome.
A suitable extraction method could be adopted based on outcome of optimization process.
In a world where provider reimbursement is based on outcome, rather than activity, this is a recipe for reimbursement disaster.
We compared the baseline features in those with EM in 2005 based on outcome status [CM vs. other eligible outcomes (control group)] in 2006 (Table 1).
"We see an opportunity as data accrues to the system over time for a use case in predicting therapy… based on outcome data… but we're not making these claims today," said DuRoss.
We therefore sought to conduct an exploratory cost-effectiveness analysis based on outcome data from the CLEAR post-hoc analysis, complemented by assumptions for the analysis time period between one and 5 years.
