No significant difference in age was found between the two groups, but the case managed group was slightly younger.
Patients in the pharmacist managed group were within the TTR more than the physician managed group (64% vs 59%, p < 0.001).
The poorly managed group was older, tended to include more smokers, spent half as much time in ambulatory care, and had a shorter length of hospitalization.
However, improvements in the intensively managed group were accompanied by approximately three to four times more hypoglycemic episodes (P < 0.001), significant weight (4 kg) and BMI (1.5 kg/m) gain (P = 0.01), and more patients having at least one serious adverse event (24.1 vs. 17.6%, P = 0.05) (31, 31).
†All differences between characteristics for the insulin-managed and oral sulfonylurea managed groups were significant at the 0.02 level (p < 0.01).
This means that the number of raw weightings (R) to be optimised to manage grouping is between zero, when only one male group is permitted for each female group, and (number of female groups) × (number of male groups -1), or N FG(N MG - 1).
The ratio is one if the variation for both groups is the same, less than one if the variation of the managed care group is smaller, and greater than one if the variation of the managed care group is greater than the variation of the non-managed care group.
These results do not provide unequivocal evidence indicating that the variation within the managed care group is smaller than the variation within the non-managed care group at physician level, and the hypothesis is not confirmed (3).
She soon leaves that job, finds another at a seemingly more ethical managed care group, is soon disillusioned there and eventually becomes an outspoken public opponent of the system.
Length of stay for the managed care group is slightly shorter in two out of seven cases.
