The impact of primary care organization on avoidable hospital admissions for diabetes in 23 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Diabetes is a so-called ambulatory care sensitive condition. It is assumed that by appropriate and timely primary care, hospital admissions for complications of such conditions can be avoided. This study examines whether differences between countries in diabetes-related hospitalization rates can be attributed to differences in the organization of primary care in these countries.

Design

Data on characteristics of primary care systems were obtained from the QUALICOPC study that includes surveys held among general practitioners and their patients in 34 countries. Data on avoidable hospitalizations were obtained from the OECD Health Care Quality Indicator project. Negative binomial regressions were carried out to investigate the association between characteristics of p

SUBMITTER: Van Loenen T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4911022 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature