GDM & Future Health

After GDM, lost opportunities to stay healthy:

Among continuously insured women, a third had a complete care gap after GDM, and only 24.1% received care according to guidelines recommended by the American Diabetes Association and the American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists.

Follow-up after gestational diabetes: A fixable gap in women’s preventive healthcare. BMJ Diabetes Research and Care (Bernstein, J, et al., 2017)