Does higher quality of diabetes management in family practice reduce unplanned hospital admissions?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To investigate the association between indicators of quality of diabetic management in English family practices and emergency hospital admissions for short-term complications of diabetes.

Study setting

A total of 8,223 English family practices from 2001/2002 to 2006/2007.

Study design

Multiple regression analyses of associations between admissions and proportions of practice diabetic patients with good (glycated hemoglobin [HbA1c] ≤7.4 percent) and moderate (7.4 percent DataPractice quality measures extracted from practice records linked with practice-level hospital admissions data and pr

SUBMITTER: Dusheiko M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3034260 | biostudies-literature | 2011 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature