Table 5:

Physician Visits per Year for Lab HbA_1c Measurement and POC HbA_1c Testing

Population	Lab HbA1c		POC HbA1c
	Physician Visits per Patient per Year	Total Physician Visits	Physician Visits per Patient per Year	Total Physician Visits
Patients with optimal glycemic control (HbA1c ≤ 7.0%) (n = 267,781)	2	836,818	2	836,818
Patients with suboptimal glycemic control (HbA1c − 7.0%) (n = 257,281)	6	2,412,005	4	1,608,004
All patients (N = 525,062)	—	3,248,824	—	2,444,822

Abbreviation: lab HbA_1c, laboratory hemoglobin A_1c; POC HbA_1c, point-of-care hemoglobin A_1c.