Disparities in the control of Diabetes type 2 and incidence of cardiovascular events. The APNA study

ConclusionsAdjusting by risk factors, and control variables for type 2 diabetes mellitus being attended by GP in the worst indicator cluster adds an additional 15% risk of having a cardiovascular event requiring hospitalization. Efforts should be made to improve quality of DM2 care and to reduce the disparities among GPs.Key messagesThere is great variability in the quality of health care for patients with type II diabetes specially in the proportion of diabetics with HbA1c higher or equal to 9% that differs greatly among GPs.Diabetic type 2 patients cared for by general practitioners in the worst quality group have a 15%.higher likelihood of having a cardiovascular event.
Source: The European Journal of Public Health - Category: General Medicine Source Type: research