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ea0056p349 | Diabetes (to include epidemiology, pathophysiology) | ECE2018

Evaluating quality of diabetic care in patients with severe mental illness (SMI) in an academic primary care clinic

Katkar Rujuta , Gudleski Gregory , Bakhai Smita

Background: Higher prevalence of type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (DM II) has been reported in patients with SMI (serious mental illness). SMI patients get suboptimal diabetes care as compare to non- SMI patients.Methods: We tested the hypothesis that SMI patients get suboptimal diabetes care as compare to non- SMI patients. We did a retrospective cohort study in an academic, primary care clinic for underserved,urban population.SMI patients included schizophreni...