Fig. 2

Trajectories of care seeking patterns of patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes from 2000 to 2010. The seven trajectories of health care-seeking behaviors among patients with type 2 diabetes were identified after onset of diabetes from 2000 to 2010. △, white triangles, persist irregular use group (n = 1044; 26.19%); ■, black squares, generalized to irregular use group (n = 532; 13.34%); ●, black circles, irregular use to generalized group (n = 360; 9.03%); ○, white circles, persist generalized group (n = 1157; 29.02%); ▲, black triangles, generalized to specialized group (n = 351; 8.80%); □, white squares, specialized to generalized group (n = 213; 5.34%); and X, crosses, persist specialized group (n = 330; 8.28%)