Medicare diabetics that received appropriate blood sugar monitoring 2017, by rurality

This statistic depicts the percentage of Medicare enrollees that were diabetics and had received appropriate glucose monitoring through HbA1c testing in 2017, by urban-rural status. At that time 95.9 percent of urban Medicare Advantage diabetic enrollees had received appropriate HbA1c testing. HbA1c, or Hemoglobin A1c, is a test that gives the average blood glucose level within the last 2-3 months. This is a common type of test used to monitor diabetic patients over time.