Factors predicting unplanned readmissions encompassed demographic, pharmacy, and medical variables identified at baseline and during the index hospitalization.
Data on insulin treatment were derived from interviews at baseline and the pharmacy database, which provided prospective data on prescribed insulin.Written informed consent was obtained from all participants and the Medical Ethics Committee of the Erasmus Medical Center approved the study.
The DBI will be measured for all participants at baseline and follow-up using electronic pharmacy dispensing records corrected for actual medication intake based on a double check with the patient by telephone.
Drugs used at baseline were those that had been collected at a pharmacy within 90 days of the index date.
HbA1c was measured at the pharmacy using point of care testing (DCA Vantage, Siemens, Tarrytown, New York, New York, USA) at baseline, 14 and 26 weeks.
We obtained information on the presence of disease at baseline from the participants' general practitioners, nursing home physicians, pharmacy records, laboratory findings and ECGs.
We analysed antidepressant drugs redeemed at pharmacies (yes/no) during follow-up according to psychosocial work climate level at baseline using proportional hazard survival regression.
We included type 2 diabetic subjects from the Registry who were aged ≥60 years at baseline (1 January 2004) and who had continuous Kaiser membership and pharmacy benefits for at least 12 months before baseline.
However, when pharmacy refill adherence was combined with age, gender, and CD4 T lymphocytes count at baseline, a Cox regression analysis resulted in significant differences (Wald test p < 0.01).
Costings, clinical-effectiveness (appropriateness-of-treatment), QALYs and patient satisfaction data were collected at baseline and 12-month follow-up for a new pharmacy-service within a randomised-controlled-trial.
