Table 1

Average number of patients with medication orders per month, by intervention

PreinterventionPostinterventionP value
1 January 2018–31 October 20201 November 2020–31 December 2021
No of months3414
Intervention medications
GLP-1 receptor agonists, mean (SD)
 Dulaglutide26.0 (11.0)76.6 (18.4)<0.001
 Liraglutide40.1 (7.7)63.1 (15.2)<0.001
 Semaglutide10.8 (8.0)114.2 (66.4)<0.001
SGLT-2 Inhibitors, mean (SD)
 Canagliflozin6.2 (2.5)10.9 (3.4)<0.001
 Dapagliflozin5.8 (2.3)16.8 (8.2)<0.001
 Empagliflozin38.0 (18.8)142.2 (40.5)<0.001
Control medications
Sulfonylureas, mean (SD)
 Glimepiride92.9 (15.1)102.6 (13.0)0.041
 Glipizide57.6 (8.5)67.6 (10.8)0.002
 Glyburide6.9 (3.2)7.1 (2.6)0.89
GLP-1 receptor agonists, mean (SD)
 Exenatide11.4 (3.1)8.7 (2.5)0.006
  • GLP-1, glucagon-like peptide-1; SGLT-2, sodium-glucose cotransporter-2.