Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Among Patients Attending a Primary Health Care Setting in Qatar: A Study on Medication Use Pattern and Clinical Outcomes.
burdensome and expensive chronic diseases worldwide.  A strategy of therapy management is required by using resources efficiently and effectively to optimize the escalating medical costs associated with the management of DM.  There are several studies related to DM that have been conducted in Qatar, but none looked at the impact of insulin-containing regimens vs. oral anti-diabetic therapy on economic and clinical outcomes of type 2 diabetes mellitus management in a primary health care setting. Background Management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Patients Attending a Primary Health Care Setting in Qatar: A Study on Medication Use Pattern and Clinical Outcomes