Patient complexity and diabetes quality of care in rural settings. Academic Article uri icon

Overview

abstract

  • PURPOSE: Even though pay-for-performance programs are being rapidly implemented, little is known about how patient complexity affects practice-level performance assessment in rural settings. We sought to determine the association between patient complexity and practice-level performance in the rural United States. BASIC PROCEDURES: Using baseline data from a trial aimed at improving diabetes care, we determined factors associated with a practice's proportion of patients having controlled diabetes (hemoglobin A1c

publication date

  • March 1, 2011

Research

keywords

  • Diabetes Mellitus
  • Practice Patterns, Physicians'
  • Primary Health Care
  • Quality of Health Care
  • Rural Health Services

Identity

PubMed Central ID

  • PMC3156053

PubMed ID

  • 21671526

Additional Document Info

volume

  • 103

issue

  • 3