• HDC topics: diabetes. [internet]. Rockville (MD): Health Disparities Collaboratives; 2006 Jun 29 [10 p.].

Does not apply to this measure

This measure is used to assess the percent of diabetic patients in the clinical information system whose most recent fasting low-density lipoprotein (LDL) was less than 100 (in the last 12 months).

Cut-off of 100 aligns with American Diabetes Association (ADA) guidelines since 2000 [ADA, Diabetes Care, 2002; ADA, Diabetes Care, 2003]; National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines from 2001 [NCEP, JAMA, 2001] and update [NCEP, Circulation, 2004].

Diabetes is a complex, serious, and increasingly common disease. It is the most frequent cause of blindness among working-age adults; the leading cause of nontraumatic lower extremity amputation and end-stage renal disease; and a principal cause of congenital malformations, perinatal mortality, premature mortality, and disability. Persons with diabetes are at increased risk for stroke, ischemic heart disease, peripheral vascular disease, and neuropathy.

Diabetes is a costly disease-not only in terms of the economic burden it imposes on society, but also in terms of the human suffering imposed by the disease and its complications. Moreover, the burden of diabetes and its complications disproportionately affects minority populations and the elderly, and is likely to increase as minority populations grow and the U.S. population ages. Thus, diabetes poses an enormous public health challenge in America.

This measure is one of 18 measures that participants track in the HRSA Health Disparities Collaborative for Diabetes.

Diabetes mellitus; low-density lipoprotein (LDL)

Total number of diabetic patients in the clinical information system with a fasting low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in the last 12 months

The number of patients from the denominator whose most recent fasting low-density lipoprotein (LDL) was less than 100 (in the last 12 months)

Registry data

Patients with LDL less than 100.

Health Resources and Services Administration

HRSA Health Disparities Collaboratives: Diabetes Collaborative

Measure was not adapted from another source.

2002 Jan

2006 Jun

This is the current release of the measure.

• HDC topics: diabetes. [internet]. Rockville (MD): Health Disparities Collaboratives; 2006 Jun 29 [10 p.].

This NQMC summary was completed by ECRI December 19, 2006. The information was verified by the measure developer on February 9, 2007.

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