Exploring HbA1c variation between Australian diabetes centres: The impact of centre-level and patient-level factors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increasing global diabetes incidence has profound implications for health systems and for people living with diabetes. Guidelines have established clinical targets but there may be variation in clinical outcomes including HbA1c, based on location and practice size. Investigating this variation may help identify factors amenable to systemic improvement interventions. The aims of this study were to identify centre-specific and patient-specific factors associated with variation in HbA1c levels and to determine how these associations contribute to variation in performance across diabetes centres.

Methods

This cross-sectional study analysed data for 5,872 people with type 1 (n = 1,729) or type 2 (n = 4,143) diabetes mellitus collected through the Australian National Di

SUBMITTER: Quigley M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8815864 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature