Resources and population served: a description of the Ontario Paediatric Diabetes Network.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Network of Ontario Pediatric Diabetes Programs was established in 2001 to provide access to specialized pediatric diabetes care. Universal funding for pediatric insulin pump therapy has been available in Ontario since 2006. The objective of this study was to describe the distribution of patients, resources and insulin pump use across centres within the network, now called the Ontario Paediatric Diabetes Network.

Methods

We conducted a cross-sectional survey in 2012 of the 35 pediatric diabetes centres in Ontario to measure centre characteristics, patient volume and available clinical and social resources. We used health administrative data from the provincial Assistive Devices Program to describe patients aged 18 years or less using insulin pumps by centre as

SUBMITTER: Shulman R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4933641 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr-Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature