Effects of Diabetes Quality Assessment on Diabetes Management Behaviors Based on a Nationwide Survey.

ABSTRACT: Improved diabetes management in primary care is essential for reducing the public health burden of diabetes, and various programs are being implemented in Korea for this purpose. Although the Health Insurance Review and Assessment (HIRA) evaluates the quality of type 2 diabetes management in primary care clinics and hospitals, it is unclear whether the implementation of these evaluations is related to the adequate management of complications in diabetic patients. We evaluated the association between the proportion of clinics managing diabetes well and lifestyles and uptake of screening for complications in 24,620 diabetic participants of the 2019 Korean Community Health Survey (KCHS). Multivariate multilevel logistic regression was performed to evaluate the fixed effect of the district-lev

SUBMITTER: Choi CK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9740040 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature