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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Nov 20.
Published in final edited form as: Curr Diab Rep. 2018 Nov 20;18(12):146. doi: 10.1007/s11892-018-1112-3

Table 2.

Summary Descriptions of NEXT-D Studies

Population Sample Size* Intervention Study Details Outcomes Other variables
Characteristics Location Insurance Status Source and pool available Description Design Duration Comparator
Mount Sinai Adults aged ≥18 years Adults attending 3 community clinics and 3 academic private practices 34.6% uninsured; 56.4% public insurance; 7.1% Private; 1.9% other 64,630 patients attending NYC clinics EHR with built in screening and enhanced care prompts; plus physician training Retrospective interrupted time series 12 months Clinics with delayed implementation of enhanced EHR A1c testing
Change in A1c at 12 months
Stratified by screening eligibility
Other: BMI, lipids, BP
KPNC Adults at high risk for diabetes
Primary care patients
Insured adults in integrated health system 100% insured EHR, claims, and pharmacy data for 3.8 million beneficiaries Employer-based screening outreach
Telephonic wellness coaching
Exercise as a Vital Sign screening
Pre-post with control sites
Retrospective interrupted time series
Varies by analysis: most had 12 months pre- and 12 months postintervention data Employers not providing outreach or wellness coaching Glucose testing Change in weight, physical activity, blood pressure, lipids Patient surveys via phone and internet
NU Adults with prediabetes National data from large insurance company 100% insured through employers Claims and pharmacy records from ~500,000 adult employees Group based lifestyle intervention delivered by YMCA and offered as covered benefit by employers Retrospective difference in differences 18 to 24 months pre- and postexposure to intervention Propensity score matched control group without program as covered benefit Reach, Adoption, Session attendance
Health care expenditures
Weight change
Employer-and employee-level matching
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Members aged 12–64 years with type 1 and type 2 diabetes National data from large insurance company 100% insured through employers Medical, inpatient and pharmacy claims from over 200,000 individuals Employer- mandated switch to high- deductible health plans Retrospective interrupted time series with control series 1 year pre- and 1–2 years post-plan switch Enrollees through companies offering only low deductible plans and matched on person- and employer-level characteristics Disease monitoring
Drug adherence
Health service use
Acute diabetes complications; severe ED visits; inpatient days
Total health care costs
Stratified by income and morbidity levels
UCLA Working age adults with prediabetes and diabetes National data from large insurance company 100% insured through employers Claims and pharmacy records over 200 large and medium-sized employers Employers purchased Diabetes Health Plan (DHP): insurance product with low or no cost sharing for evidence-based treatments Retrospective difference in differences analyses 3 years Comparable employers and enrollees where DHP was not purchased Adherence to medications and services
Adherence to preventive services
Employer-and enrollee-level matching
*

sample size varies by analysis; numbers show the source and size of potential data pool available

Abbreviations: KPNC, Kaiser Permanente Northern California; NU, Northwestern University; UCLA, University of California at Los Angeles; EHR, electronic health records; A1c, glycated hemoglobin; BP, blood pressure; BMI, body mass index; ED, emergency department