ArticleDiabetes care2023
Association of Unmet Social Needs With Metformin Use Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.
Article in Diabetes care, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.
- A Randomized Controlled Trial to Improve Unmet Social Needs and Clinical Outcomes Among Adults with Diabetes.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Trial
- Implementation barriers and facilitators of a virtual telehealth program for patients with persistently poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus: a rapid qualitative analysis approach.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Factors Associated with Produce Prescription Program Enrollment and Benefit Use among Patients with Diabetes and at Risk for Food Insecurity.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Observational
- Association of Social Needs with Diabetes Outcomes in an Older Population.Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM · 2025Article
- Association of Patient-Reported Social Needs with Emergency Department Visits and Hospitalizations Among Federally Qualified Health Center Patients.Journal of general internal medicine · 2024Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo evaluate the relationship between social needs and metformin use among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). RESEARCH DESIGN AND
methodsIn a prospective cohort study of adults with T2D (n = 722), we linked electronic health record (EHR) and Surescripts (Surescripts, LLC) prescription network data to abstract data on patient-reported social needs and to calculate metformin adherence based on expected refill frequency using a proportion of days covered methodology.
resultsAfter adjusting for demographics and clinical complexity, two or more social needs (-0.046; 95% CI -0.089, 0.003), being uninsured (-0.052; 95% CI -0.095, -0.009) and while adjusting for other needs, being without housing (-0.069; 95% CI -0.121, -0.018) and lack of access to medicine/health care (-0.058; 95% CI -0.115, -0.000) were associated with lower use.
conclusionsWe found that overall social need burden and specific needs, particularly housing and health care access, were associated with clinically significant reductions in metformin adherence among patients with T2D.
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