Diabetes quality management in Dutch care groups and outpatient clinics: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In recent years, most Dutch general practitioners started working under the umbrella of diabetes care groups, responsible for the organisation and coordination of diabetes care. The quality management of these new organisations receives growing interest, although its association with quality of diabetes care is yet unclear. The best way to measure quality management is unknown and it has not yet been studied at the level of outpatient clinics or care groups. We aimed to assess quality management of type 2 diabetes care in care groups and outpatient clinics.

Results

Quality management was measured with online questionnaires, containing six domains (see below). They were divided into 28 subdomains, with 59 (care groups) and 57 (outpatient clinics) questions respecti

SUBMITTER: Campmans-Kuijpers MJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4132241 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature