Table 1.
Inclusion criteria | Exclusion criteria |
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Patients 18 years or older | Patients diagnosed with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) |
Dispensed ≥1 non-insulin glucose-lowering medication in 2020 from CNHSA pharmacy Met the TEN-SPIDERS-derived criteria (Table 2)29 Patients dispensed insulin in addition to other non-insulin glucose-lowering medication were included but engagement to insulin was not calculated |
Patients with a diagnosis code of pure hyperglyceridemia, other specified diabetes mellitus, and diabetes mellitus due to underlying condition with diabetic chronic kidney disease Patients who were only dispensed insulin |