Navigating diabetes care inequities: an observational study linking chronic care model's structural elements to process and outcomes of type 2 diabetes care in Belgium.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Although the Chronic Care Model (CCM) provides the essential structural components of practice organisation to deliver high-quality type 2 diabetes (T2D) care, little is known about which of its elements are most important, and the extent to which it may reduce social inequities in the quality of T2D care. This study aims to assess the association between the implementation of CCM's structural elements and the quality of T2D care processes and outcomes in Flanders (Belgium), paying specific attention to differences by patients' socioeconomic vulnerability.

Methods

We developed a longitudinal database combining information on primary care practices' CCM implementation, with individual-level health insurance and medical lab data. Our sample included 7,593 T2D patien

SUBMITTER: Bos P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11744845 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature