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SUBMITTER: Rossi MC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2571068 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Rossi Maria C E MC Nicolucci Antonio A Arcangeli Adolfo A Cimino Antonino A De Bigontina Gualtiero G Giorda Carlo C Meloncelli Illidio I Pellegrini Fabio F Valentini Umberto U Vespasiani Giacomo G
Diabetes care 20080811 11
<h4>Objective</h4>To describe patterns of diabetes care and implement benchmarking activities at the national level.<h4>Research design and methods</h4>A total of 86 clinics participated, all using electronic medical records. Quality indicators were identified, and software was developed, enabling the extraction of the information needed for quality-of-care profiling.<h4>Results</h4>Overall, 114,249 patients with type 2 diabetes were seen during 2004. A1C was measured at least once in 88.0% of t ...[more]