Articles by Howard H. Moffet, MPH

Language Barriers and LDL-C/SBP Control Among Latinos With Diabetes
ByAlicia Fernandez, MD,E. Margaret Warton, MPH,Dean Schillinger, MD,Howard H. Moffet, MPH,Jenna Kruger, MPH,Nancy Adler, PhD,Andrew J. Karter, PhD Among Latino patients with diabetes, ethnicity and language barriers were not associated with lipid and blood pressure control despite their associations with glycemic control in prior research.
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Patients Who Self-Monitor Blood Glucose and Their Unused Testing Results
ByRichard W. Grant, MD, MPH,Elbert S. Huang, MD, MPH,Deborah J. Wexler, MD, MSc,Neda Laiteerapong, MD, MS,E. Margaret Warton, MPH,Howard H. Moffet, MPH,Andrew J. Karter, PhD This article identifies patient-, provider-, and system-level factors associated with the problem of self-monitoring blood glucose without use of the results.

Differences in the Clinical Recognition of Depression in Diabetes Patients: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
ByDarrell L. Hudson, PhD, MPH,Andrew J. Karter, PhD,Alicia Fernandez, MD,Melissa Parker, MS,Alyce S. Adams, PhD,Dean Schillinger, MD,Howard H. Moffet, MPH,Jufen Zhou, MS,Nancy E. Adler, PhD Depression often goes unrecognized in primary care among symptomatic diabetes patients, especially in some minorities.

Adherence to Laboratory Test Requests by Patients With Diabetes: The Diabetes Study of Northern California (DISTANCE)
ByHoward H. Moffet, MPH,Melissa M. Parker, MS,Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH,Dean Schillinger, MD,Alicia Fernandez, MD,Nancy E. Adler, PhD,Alyce S. Adams, PhD,Andrew J. Karter, PhD Providers expect that patients with chronic conditions will complete necessary laboratory tests; 1 in 7 patients with diabetes did not do so within 6 months.

Glycemic Response to Newly Initiated Diabetes Therapies
ByAndrew J. Karter, PhD,Howard H. Moffet, MPH,Jennifer Liu, MPH,Melissa M. Parker, MS,Ameena T. Ahmed, MD,Alan S. Go, MD,Joe V. Selby, MD 
Effect of Cost-sharing Changes on Self-monitoring of Blood Glucose
ByAndrew J. Karter, PhD,Melissa M. Parker, MS,Howard H. Moffet, MPH,Ameena T. Ahmed, MD, MPH,James Chan, PharmD, PhD,Michele M. Spence, PhD,Joe V. Selby, MD, MPH,Susan L. Ettner, PhD 
Achieving Good Glycemic Control: Initiation of New Antihyperglycemic Therapies in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes From the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Diabetes Registry
ByAndrew J. Karter, PhD,Howard H. Moffet, MPH,Jennifer Liu, MS,Melissa M. Parker, MS,Ameena T. Ahmed, MD,Assiamira Ferrara, MD,Joe V. Selby, MD