2024
Do relationships between ambient temperature and serious adverse health outcomes vary among users of different antidiabetes drugs? A retrospective cohort study of US Medicaid beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes
Leonard C, Bogar K, Brensinger C, Bilker W, Bell M, Flory J, Shi C, Chen C, Hennessy S. Do relationships between ambient temperature and serious adverse health outcomes vary among users of different antidiabetes drugs? A retrospective cohort study of US Medicaid beneficiaries with type 2 diabetes. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e085139. PMID: 39433419, PMCID: PMC11499775, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-085139.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdverse health outcomesZone Improvement PlanHealth outcomesSudden cardiac arrestMedicaid beneficiariesType 2 diabetesLinear associationResidential zip codeModified Poisson regressionCardiac arrestInverse linear associationPerson-daysUsers of sulfonylureasNon-insulin usersPositive linear associationHealth plan enrollmentRetrospective cohort studyEffect modificationPoisson regressionZip codesHospital presentationHealthcare claimsUS MedicaidCohort studyCalculated age-
2019
Outdoor temperature and survival benefit of empiric potassium in users of furosemide in US Medicaid enrollees: a cohort study
Nam Y, Bilker W, Leonard C, Bell M, Hennessy S. Outdoor temperature and survival benefit of empiric potassium in users of furosemide in US Medicaid enrollees: a cohort study. BMJ Open 2019, 9: e023809. PMID: 30777859, PMCID: PMC6398730, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2018-023809.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAssociated with elevated all-cause mortalityMedicaid enrolleesElevated all-cause mortalitySurvival benefitYears prior to cohort entryAll-cause mortalityMedicare claimsCohort entryFurosemide prescriptionPropensity score matched cohortMedicaid claimsOutpatient settingScore-matched cohortNon-usersEnrolleesMedicaidStudy objectiveUS statesMortality rateMatched cohortPotassium depletionFurosemideMortalityCohortHeat-induced sweating