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University of Rhode Island

2009

Health care

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Effectiveness Of A Multidisciplinary Patient Assistance Program In Diabetes Care, Edward Joseph Doyle, Iii May 2009

Effectiveness Of A Multidisciplinary Patient Assistance Program In Diabetes Care, Edward Joseph Doyle, Iii

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This retrospective chart review is to evaluate the changes in personal health markers that serve as prognostic indicators in the progression of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Subjects in the Patient Assistance Liaison (PAL) Program at the Diabetes Resource Center (DRC) of the St. Joseph Health Services of Rhode Island Hospital for Specialty Care have no health insurance to pay for needed services and medications. It is desirable to know if the care they are receiving is equivalent to patients at the DRC that have prescription drug insurance from a third party provider.

Presently there are over 23.6 million Americans with …