1. Percentage of patients with claims for selected general health tests, by CKD and diabetic status
CKD cohort
Non-CKD cohort
Test
Entire cohort, n=24 778
Diabetic, n=12 631
Non-diabetic, n=12 147
Entire cohort, n=24 778
Eye exam 60 —
HbA1c 75 74
Echocardiogram* 51 61 41 20 29 18
Stress test* 24 19 15 14
Lipid monitoring 58 68 47 57 72 54
Influenza vaccine* 46 49 42 52 48
Pneumococcal vaccine* 9 10 8 16
Bone densitometry* 5 4 11 12
*Statistically significant difference between the proportion of patients in CKD and non-CKD cohorts who received this test.
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