Employer-Based Screening for Diabetes and Prediabetes in an Integrated Health Care Delivery System: A Natural Experiment for Translation in Diabetes (NEXT-D) Study

OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates an employer-based diabetes/prediabetes screening intervention that invited at-risk employees via letters, secure e-mails, and automated voice messages to complete blood glucose testing at a health plan facility. METHODS:Quasi-experimental cohort study among health plan...

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Veröffentlicht in:Journal of occupational and environmental medicine 2015-11, Vol.57 (11), p.1147-1153
Hauptverfasser: Adams, Sara R., Wiley, Deanne M., Fargeix, Andromache, George, Victoria, Neugebauer, Romain S., Schmittdiel, Julie A.
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Zusammenfassung:OBJECTIVE:This study evaluates an employer-based diabetes/prediabetes screening intervention that invited at-risk employees via letters, secure e-mails, and automated voice messages to complete blood glucose testing at a health plan facility. METHODS:Quasi-experimental cohort study among health plan members insured by two employers that received the intervention and three employers that were selected as control sites. RESULTS:The proportion of at-risk members that completed a screening was higher in the intervention group than in the control group (36% vs 13%, P 
ISSN:1076-2752
1536-5948
DOI:10.1097/JOM.0000000000000548