Government Supported Benefits

Post Test and CE-registration

Diabetes Management in Patients with Government Support Benefits

Speaker: Jennifer Tjia

  1. Diabetes in general has a prevalence of 20% or > in older patients. This prevalence changes based on Age, Sex and Race.

    a. true
    b. false

  2. Diabetes therapy is multi-modal; by controlling blood glucose levels we can adequately control diabetes and its disease progression.

    a. true
    b. false

  3. Diabetes patients on average can control the disease and its related co morbidities with how many medications?

    a. one medication
    b. two medications
    c. three medications
    d. four medications
    e. five or more medications

  4. Diabetes treatment medication costs can push Part D recipients into the “donut hole” (expenditures greater than the $2,250 coverage limit in 2006). What percentages of diabetes patients reach or exceed that limit?

    a. 15%
    b. 30%
    c. 45%
    d. 60% or greater

Speaker: Ron Aubert

  1. The Medco Study Population in High Disparity Economic Zones included patients treated and untreated for Diabetes.

    a. true
    b. false

  2. Persistency in the Medco study was defined as patients who had a gap of 45 days or greater in prescribed therapy for a condition.

    a. true
    b. false

  3. For the Medco Study patients living in health disparity zones in Atlanta and Dallas which of the following statements is false:

    a. the study patients had lower persistency than the control population
    b. newer patients seems to have higher risk for being non-persistent
    c. medications for high cholesterol showed the lowest persistency
    d. medication cost is probably not a factor amongst the study population

Speaker: Julie Kreyenbull

  1. Mental health patients have the same general mortality rate as the general population?

    a. true
    b. false

  2. Premature deaths in the schizophrenia population is caused by which of the following:

    a. suicide or injury
    b. cardiovascular disease
    c. diabetes
    d. infectious disease
    e. respiratory disease
    f. all of the above

  3. Cardiovascular disease is the greatest cause of death in the Severe Mental Illness population. Which of the following factors does not contribute to this disease?

    a. smoking
    b. obesity
    c. trauma
    d. metabolic Syndrome
    e. diabetes
    f. side effects from antipsychotic medications

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