Type 2 diabetes disease management programs have limited utility in improving intermediate outcomes: Results from the DUTY and LUTZ registries
I Gouni-Berthold, KP Bestehorn, W Krone, HK Berthold · Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel · 2010 · Heft 04
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Background and objective: Disease management programs (DMPs) for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are increasingly common but little is known on whether they effectively improve patient care. There is evidence however, that quality of care in T2DM has improved during the last years (secular trend). Purpose of this study was to determine to what extent quality of care improved in patients with T2DM over 4 years and by the influence of DMPs. Design and methods: Two-level cross-sectional diabetes registries were used for data extraction. Setting: 3213 (previous cohort) and 6551 (recent cohort) office-based physicians (genera…