Table 1

Appropriateness of diabetes therapy results in OptumLabs Data Warehouse. Overall results are calculated per low-complexity and high-complexity subgroups and for the whole study population

hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c)Potentially undertreated (consider intensification)AppropriatePotentially overtreated (consider deintensification)
Low complexity (%)High complexity (%)Low complexity (%)High complexity (%)Low complexity (%)High complexity (%)
<5.6%3997 (54.2)636 (8.6)1934 (26.2)801 (10.9)
5.6%–6.4%47 139 (75.1)4628 (7.4)7616 (12.1)3411 (5.4)
6.5%–6.9%36 634 (89.1)2948 (7.2)1551 (3.8)
7.0%–7.9%11 495 (23.7)31 577 (65.0)5488 (11.3)
8.0%–8.9%7337 (33.7)72 (0.3)11 771 (54.0)2616 (12.0)
≥9.0%22 175 (90.0)2453 (10.0)
Overall41 007 (22.6)2525 (10.3)131 118 (72.2)16 316 (66.3)9550 (5.3)5763 (23.4)
43 532 (21.1)147 434 (71.5)15 313 (7.4)