Does higher quality of diabetes management in family practice reduce unplanned hospital admissions?

Abstract

Objective: To investigate the association between indicators of quality of diabetic management in English family practices and emergency hospital admissions for short-term complications of diabetes. Study Setting. A total of 8,223 English family practices from 2001/2002 to 2006/2007. Study Design. Multiple regression analyses of associations between admissions and proportions of practice diabetic patients with good (glycated hemoglobin [HbA1c] ≤7.4 percent) and moderate (7.4 percent