Physician Reasons for Nonpharmacologic Treatment of Hyperglycemia in Older Patients Newly Diagnosed with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Open Access
- 15 June 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Science and Business Media LLC in Diabetes Therapy
- Vol. 3 (1), 1-12
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s13300-012-0005-8
Abstract
To identify reasons why primary care physicians (PCPs) do not treat older patients newly diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) with antihyperglycemic agents following diagnosis.This publication has 25 references indexed in Scilit:
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