Previously unrecognized trends in diabetes consumption clusters in medicare.

Objective: To examine the annual cost profiles of Medicare beneficiaries with diabetes to identify patterns in their consumption of benefits.

Methods: Retrospective expenditure data were collected from Medicare records. Beneficiaries with diabetes were grouped into 5 consumption clusters ranging from "crisis consumers" at the high end to "low consumers" at the low end.

Increasing access to health care providers through medical home model may abolish racial disparity in diabetes care: evidence from a cross-sectional study.

Objectives: We hypothesized that the medical home model is an effective intervention to decreasing health care disparities in minority patients with diabetes.

Setting: Set in a community-based health initiative in Jacksonville, Florida, the study's mission was to support and enhance the primary care infrastructure in an effort to improve quality of care and increase access while reducing costs.

Intervention: We preformed a retrospective analysis of outcomes on 457 patients identified by registry specialists and enrolled in the diabetes rapid access program (DRAP).