Quality of Care of the Initial Patient Cohort of the Diabetes Collaborative Registry®.
J Am Heart Assoc
; 6(8)2017 Aug 11.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Although guidelines and performance measures exist for patients with diabetes mellitus, achievement of these metrics is not well known. The Diabetes Collaborative Registry® (DCR) was formed to understand the quality of diabetes mellitus care across the primary and specialty care continuum in the United States. METHODS ANDRESULTS:
We assessed the frequency of achievement of 7 diabetes mellitus-related quality metrics and variability across the Diabetes Collaborative Registry® sites. Among 574 972 patients with diabetes mellitus from 259 US practices, median (interquartile range) achievement of the quality metrics across the practices was the following (1) glycemic control 19% (5-47); (2) blood pressure control 80% (67-88); (3) angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor blockers in patients with coronary artery disease 62% (51-69); (4) nephropathy screening 62% (53-71); (5) eye examination 0.7% (0.0-79); (6) foot examination 0.0% (0.0-2.3); and (7) tobacco screening/cessation counseling 86% (80-94). In hierarchical, modified Poisson regression models, there was substantial variability in meeting these metrics across sites, particularly with documentation of glycemic control and eye and foot examinations. There was also notable variation across specialties, with endocrinology practices performing better on glycemic control and diabetes mellitus foot examinations and cardiology practices succeeding more in blood pressure control and use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors/angiotensin II receptor blockers.CONCLUSIONS:
The Diabetes Collaborative Registry® was established to document and improve the quality of outpatient diabetes mellitus care. While target achievement of some metrics of cardiovascular risk modification was high, achievement of others was suboptimal and highly variable. This may be attributable to fragmentation of care, lack of ownership among various specialists concerning certain domains of care, incomplete documentation, true gaps in care, or a combination of these factors.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Atención Primaria de Salud
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Pautas de la Práctica en Medicina
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Sistema de Registros
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Indicadores de Calidad de la Atención de Salud
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Disparidades en Atención de Salud
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Mejoramiento de la Calidad
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Diagnostic_studies
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Guideline
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Aspecto:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
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Equity_inequality
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
J Am Heart Assoc
Año:
2017
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Macao