The National Clinical Care Commission Report to Congress: Recommendations to Better Leverage Federal Policies and Programs to Prevent and Control Diabetes
Methodological detailspolicy recommendations, Surveyed federal agencies; follow-up meetings with 10 health-related and 11 non-health-related federal agencies, 12 public meetings, public comments, interested parties and key informants, comprehensive literature reviews
- Policy recommendations
- Surveyed federal agencies; follow-up meetings with 10 health-related and 11 non-health-related federal agencies
- 12 public meetings, public comments, interested parties and key informants, comprehensive literature reviews
Recommendations
As issued by the authors
Federal government to adopt a health-in-all-policies approach, coordinating non-health-related agencies (agriculture, food, housing, transportation, commerce, environment) with health-related agencies to address social and environmental conditions contributing to diabetes and its complications
For individuals at risk for T2D, incl. prediabetes: strengthen federal policies and programs to increase awareness of prediabetes and availability of, referral to and insurance coverage for intensive lifestyle interventions; assemble data to seek approval of metformin for diabetes prevention
For people with diabetes and its complications: remove barriers to proven effective treatments, increase size and competence of the workforce, implement new payment models to support access to lifesaving medications and proven effective treatments
Ambitious research agenda outlined
Original publication
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