Journal article
The effect of the Covid-19 shutdown on glycemic testing and control
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused a halt to in-person ambulatory care. We evaluated how the reduction in access to care affected HbA1c testing and patient HbA1c levels.
METHODS: HbA1c data from 11 institutions were extracted to compare testing volume and the percentage of abnormal results between a pre-pandemic period (January-June 2019, period 1) and a portion of the COVID-19 pandemic period (Jan-June 2020, …
Authors
Sharma A; Greene DN; Chambliss AB; Farnsworth CW; French D; Herman DS; Kavsak PA; Merrill AE; Margaret Lo S-Y; Lyon ME
Journal
Clinica Chimica Acta, Vol. 519, , pp. 148–152
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
August 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.cca.2021.04.018
ISSN
0009-8981