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Diabetes information management systems. General practitioner and population reach
M A Bonney1, M Harris, J Burns
1National Divisions Diabetes Program, Centre for General Practice Integration Studies, School of Community Medicine, University of New South Wales.
Aim:
To assess the extent to which Australian divisions of general practice are facilitating structured management of diabetes.
Method:
The study was conducted over a 12 month period (1998/1999) and involved two postal surveys of Australia's 123 divisions.
Results:
In both surveys 53% of divisions were implementing a diabetes program, the main components being continuing education of general practitioners (GPs), establishment of information systems, use of guidelines and shared care. In the 30 divisions operating a program for more than 12 months there was a significant increase in the proportion of GPs registering patients (p = 0.03) and the population who were registered with diabetes (p < 0.001). In 43% of divisions, GP reach was greater than 50%. Population reach of more than 50% was achieved by only 17% of divisions. The larger the division, the lower the GP participation rate (p = 0.001) and the lower the population reach (p < 0.001).
Conclusion:
Strategies to facilitate adequate reach of programs in divisions with large populations warrant consideration. This may include the formation of subgroups and support for practices and divisions to implement structured evidence based care systems for the management of chronic diseases in general practice.
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