High-Deductible Insurance and Delay in Care for the Macrovascular Complications of Diabetes

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Researchers from Harvard Medical School, the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine that among persons with diabetes, mandated enrollment in a high-deductible insurance plan was associated with delays in seeking care for the first major symptoms of macrovascular disease, the first diagnostic test and the first procedure-based treatment.

 

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