Lipid Testing and Statin Prescriptions Among Medicaid Recipients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus or Diabetes Mellitus and the General Medicaid Population.
Sarah K ChenMedha BarbhaiyaMichael A FischerHongshu GuanTzu-Chieh LinCandace H FeldmanBrendan M EverettKaren H CostenbaderPublished in: Arthritis care & research (2019)
Despite having an elevated risk of CVD, SLE patients received less lipid testing and received fewer statin prescriptions compared with age- and sex-matched DM patients and individuals in the general Medicaid population; this gap should be a target for improvement.