Assessing health centre systems for guiding improvement in diabetes care.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Aboriginal people in Australia experience the highest prevalence of diabetes in the country, an excess of preventable complications and early death. There is increasing evidence demonstrating the importance of healthcare systems for improvement of chronic illness care. The aims of this study were to assess the status of systems for chronic illness care in Aboriginal community health centres, and to explore whether more developed systems were associated with better quality of diabetes care.

Methods

This cross-sectional study was conducted in 12 Aboriginal community health centres in the Northern Territory of Australia. Assessment of Chronic Illness Care scale was adapted to measure system development in health centres, and administered by interview with health cent

SUBMITTER: Si D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC1208882 | biostudies-literature | 2005 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature