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Baseline quality-of-care data from a quality-improvement program implemented by a network of diabetes outpatient
Maria C E Rossi1, Antonio Nicolucci, Adolfo Arcangeli
1Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S Maria Imbaro CH, Italy. mrossi@negrisud.it
Objective:
To describe patterns of diabetes care and implement benchmarking activities at the national level.
Research Design And Methods:
A total of 86 clinics participated, all using electronic medical records. Quality indicators were identified, and software was developed, enabling the extraction of the information needed for quality-of-care profiling.
Results:
Overall, 114,249 patients with type 2 diabetes were seen during 2004. A1C was measured at least once in 88.0% of the patients, lipid profile in 64.6%, blood pressure in 77.2%, and microalbuminuria in 48.1%. Overall, 43.1% of individuals had A1C
Conclusions:
This study is the first step of a nationwide quality-improvement effort and documents the possibility of obtaining standardized information to be used for diabetes care profiling and benchmarking activities.
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