Quality performance and associated factors in Swiss diabetes care - A cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT: INTRODUCTION:Quality indicators and pay-for-performance schemes aim to improve processes and outcomes in clinical practice. However, general practitioner and patient characteristics influence quality indicator performance. In Switzerland, no data on the pay-for-performance approach exists and the use of quality indicators has been marginal. The aim of this study was to describe quality indicator performance in diabetes care in Swiss primary care and to analyze associations of practice, general practitioner and patient covariates with quality indicator performance. METHODS:For this cross-sectional study, we used medical routine data from an electronic medical record database. Data from 71 general practitioners and all their patients with diabetes were included. Starting in July 2018, we ret

SUBMITTER: Meier R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7200167 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature