Effects of health-information-based diabetes shared care program participation on preventable hospitalizations in Taiwan.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Taiwan's Diabetes Shared Care Program has been implemented since 2012, and the health information system plays a vital role in supporting most services of this program. However, little is known regarding the effectiveness of this information-based program. Therefore, this study investigated the effects of the participation of the Diabetes Shared Care Program on preventable hospitalizations. METHODS:This longitudinal study examined the data of health-care claims from 2011 to 2014 obtained from the diabetes mellitus health database. Patients with diabetes aged ≥18 years were included. Preventable hospitalizations were identified on the basis of prevention quality indicators developed for administrative data by the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. A multilevel logisti

SUBMITTER: Liang YW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6880543 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature