INTRODUCTION: This study pilots a method of measuring health outcomes in a general practice population of patients with type 2 diabetes. METHOD: The Diabetic Register of the Perth and Osborne Divisions of General Practice was linked to the Western Australian Health Services Research Linked Database. RESULTS: Of the 487 patients in the study, 332 (68%) had been admitted before their diagnosis of diabetes (40% with a diabetes related condition), and 56% were admitted postdiagnosis (55% with a diabetes related condition). The admission rate increased with age and duration of diabetes. DISCUSSION: The data show that a large proportion of diabetic patients suffer from serious comorbidity both pre- and post-diagnosis and demonstrate that their hospital admission rate is higher than that in the general population. CONCLUSION: The project demonstrates that linked hospital morbidity data can be used to monitor health outcomes in a general practice population of diabetic patients.
INTRODUCTION: This study pilots a method of measuring health outcomes in a general practice population of patients with type 2 diabetes. METHOD: The Diabetic Register of the Perth and Osborne Divisions of General Practice was linked to the Western Australian Health Services Research Linked Database. RESULTS: Of the 487 patients in the study, 332 (68%) had been admitted before their diagnosis of diabetes (40% with a diabetes related condition), and 56% were admitted postdiagnosis (55% with a diabetes related condition). The admission rate increased with age and duration of diabetes. DISCUSSION: The data show that a large proportion of diabeticpatients suffer from serious comorbidity both pre- and post-diagnosis and demonstrate that their hospital admission rate is higher than that in the general population. CONCLUSION: The project demonstrates that linked hospital morbidity data can be used to monitor health outcomes in a general practice population of diabeticpatients.
Authors: Lee Nedkoff; Matthew Knuiman; Joseph Hung; Frank M Sanfilippo; Judith M Katzenellenbogen; Tom G Briffa Journal: BMC Med Res Methodol Date: 2013-10-01 Impact factor: 4.615
Authors: David Whyatt; Raji Tenneti; Julie Marsh; Sarah E Bolt; Anna Kemp; Laura Firth; Kevin Murray; Berwin Turlach; Alistair Vickery Journal: Med Care Date: 2014-10 Impact factor: 2.983