Shared care management of patients with type 2 diabetes across the primary and secondary healthcare sectors: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) is growing globally and hospital-based outpatient clinics are burdened with increasing numbers of patients. To ensure high quality treatment and care, it is necessary to structurally reorganise the management of patients with T2D. The objective of this study is to test if T2D patients (who are at intermediate risk of or are already having incipient diabetic complications) jointly managed by a hospital-based outpatient clinic and general practitioners (shared care programme) have a non-inferior outcome compared to an established programme in a specialised (hospital based) outpatient diabetes clinic.

Methods

The study is designed as a randomised controlled trial. The shared care model will be tested during a period of 3 years,

SUBMITTER: Munch L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4893266 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature