Does delay in planned diabetes care influence outcomes for aboriginal Australians? A study of quality in health care

To examine the association between delay in planned diabetes care and quality of outcomes. A retrospective analysis of primary care and inpatient records for 2567 Aboriginal patients, with diabetes, living in 49 remote communities in the Northern Territory of Australia. Poisson regression was used t...

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Veröffentlicht in:	BMC health services research 2019-08, Vol.19 (1), p.582-7, Article 582
Hauptverfasser:	Li, Shu Qin, Guthridge, Steven, Lawton, Paul, Burgess, Paul
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Adult Aged Blood Pressure - physiology Care plan Chronic disease Delivery of Health Care - ethnology Delivery of Health Care - standards Delivery of Health Care - statistics & numerical data Diabetes Diabetes Mellitus - ethnology Diabetes Mellitus - therapy Female Glycated Hemoglobin - metabolism Hospitalization - statistics & numerical data Humans Male Middle Aged Northern Territory - epidemiology Northern Territory - ethnology Optimal care Outcomes Primary Health Care - standards Primary Health Care - statistics & numerical data Quality of care Quality of Health Care - standards Quality of Health Care - statistics & numerical data Retrospective Studies Time-to-Treatment - statistics & numerical data Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	To examine the association between delay in planned diabetes care and quality of outcomes. A retrospective analysis of primary care and inpatient records for 2567 Aboriginal patients, with diabetes, living in 49 remote communities in the Northern Territory of Australia. Poisson regression was used to estimate the association between delay from diagnosis to documented diabetes care plan and three outcome measures: mean HbA1c level, most recent blood pressure and number of diabetes-related hospital admissions. Compared with no delay (
ISSN:	1472-6963 1472-6963
DOI:	10.1186/s12913-019-4404-7