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PM/PR/P4P: Poor Glucose Control by Race/ethnicity in One System
- Poor Glucose Control by Race/ethnicity
- White: 15.7%
- Black: 21.9%
- Hispanic: 23.3%
- Poor glucose control is strongly associated with diabetic complications
- Eyes, kidneys, amputations, admissions
- P4P programs reward practices with lower than 20% "poor values"
- More than half of our diabetic patients are Black or Hispanic
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