Baseline Utilization of General Health Care and Cardiovascular Disease Screening
diabetes
PCP, DIABETES
In the 2 years leading up to study enrollment, 238 participants (81.2%) had a documented PCP office visit (median [IQR], 3 [2-5] visits), and 63 participants (21.5%) had a subspecialty visit noted, including 12 participants (4.1%) with records documenting a cardiology specialty visit. Of 293 participants with evaluable data, 46 participants (15.7%) did not have any documented outpatient medical visits. A total of 241 participants (82.3%) had a blood pressure measurement, 179 participants (61.1%) had undergone lipid testing, and 193 participants (65.9%) had undergone diabetes testing in the preceding 2 years. Cardiac testing was performed in the prior 2 years for 85 evaluable participants (29.0%), including 63 participants (21.5%) with echocardiography, although all participants were eligible for guideline-recommended screening. According to self-report, 279 participants (95.2%) received blood pressure measurements, 235 participants (80.2%) had undergone lipid testing, 207 participants (70.7%) had undergone diabetes testing, and 114 participants (38.9%) had undergone echocardiography in the previous 2 years.