Indicator performance after the implementation of the Spanish Consensus Document for the control of hyperglycemia in the hospital and at discharge

BACKGROUND AND AIMSInformation for the adequate management of diabetic patients at hospital discharge is limited. We aimed to evaluate the impact of implementation of recommendations of the Spanish consensus for the management hospital discharge in patients with type 2 diabetes or hyperglycaemia during hospitalization. METHODSObservational multicentric study with a prospective and a retrospective colection of patients with type 2 diabetes /hyperglycaemia (>140mg/dl) during hospitalization from 19 Spanish hospitals. Quality indicators in discharge report, antidiabetic therapy, HbA1c and adverse events were gathered at hospital admission, hospital discharge and 3 month post-discharge. RESULTS199 and 75 subjects in the prospective and retrospective group respectively were included. The indicators of quality in the hospital discharge reports was higher in the prospective group (P