Inequities in use of diabetes medications

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What The Study Did: This study of 1.1 million commercially insured patients with type 2 diabetes investigated whether there are inequities in use of a class of diabetes medications known as glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 RA) based on race, ethnicity, sex and socioeconomic status.

Authors: Lauren A. Eberly, M.D., M.P.H., of the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, is the corresponding author.

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(doi:10.1001/jamahealthforum.2021.4182)

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