Title
Diabetes care quality according to facility setting: A cross-sectional analysis in six Peruvian regions
Date Issued
01 June 2021
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Calderon-Ticona J.R.
Villamonte G.
Labán-Seminario L.M.
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Universidad Nacional de Piura
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
Objective: To characterize diabetes care across healthcare facilities in six Peruvian regions. Methods: Cross-sectional study of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), ranging from primary care facilities to hospital-based facilities, in six Peruvian regions. Data was collected by health staff trained between 2012 and 2016. We studied six diabetes care outcomes and four adequate diabetes care outcomes considering the healthcare facility as the exposure of interest. We estimated prevalence ratios (PR) and their 95% confidence intervals (95% CI) using Poisson regression with robust variance. Results: Data from 8879 patients with T2DM, mean age 59.1 years (SD ± 12.2), 53.6% males, was analyzed. Of these, 8096 (91.2%) were treated at primary care facilities. The proportions of patients who had HbA1c, LDL-c, and creatinine/microalbumin test performed increased with the setting of the healthcare facility. Overall, 39%–56% of patients had an adequate HbA1c control, being higher in hospital-based facilities with specialists in comparison to primary care facilities. Conclusions: We observed that the higher the setting of the facility, the higher the rate of the assessed diabetes care outcomes and adequate diabetes care for four of the six targets (fasting glucose, HbA1c, LDL-c and creatinine or microalbumin) and for three of the four targets (glucose≤130 mg/dL, HbA1c ≤7%(53 mmol/mol) and LDL-c <100 mg/dL), respectively. Substantial gaps were observed at the primary care facilities, calling for the strengthening of diabetes care.
Start page
488
End page
494
Volume
15
Issue
3
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Políticas de salud, Servicios de salud
Endocrinología, Metabolismo (incluyendo diabetes, hormonas)
Subjects
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85099517576
PubMed ID
Source
Primary Care Diabetes
ISSN of the container
17519918
Sponsor(s)
The FREDY Project was funded by the World Diabetes Foundation [grant number WDF 10-522 ]. JJM acknowledges having received support from the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research [grant number HQHSR1206660 ]; the Bernard Lown Scholars in Cardiovascular Health Program at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health [grant number BLSCHP-1902 ]; Bloomberg Philanthropies , FONDECYT via CIENCIACTIVA/CONCYTEC , British Council , British Embassy and the Newton-Paulet Fund [grant numbers 223-2018 , 224-2018 ]; DFID / MRC/Wellcome Global Health Trials [gran number MR/M007405/1 ]; Fogarty International Center [grant numbers R21TW009982 , D71TW010877 ]; Grand Challenges Canada [grant number 0335-04 ]; International Development Research Center Canada ( IDRC ) [grant numbers 106887 , 108167 ]; Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research (IAI) [grant number CRN3036 ]; Medical Research Council [grant numbers MR/P008984/1 , MR/P024408/1 , MR/P02386X/1 ]; National Cancer Institute [grant number 1P20CA217231 ]; National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute [grant numbers HHSN268200900033C , 5U01HL114180 , 1UM1HL134590 ]; National Institute of Mental Health [grant number 1U19MH098780 ]; Swiss National Science Foundation [grant number 40P740-160366 ]; Wellcome [grant numbers 074833/Z/04/Z , 093541/Z/10/Z , 103994/Z/14/Z , 107435/Z/15/Z , 205177/Z/16/Z , 214185/Z/18/Z , 218743/Z/19/Z ]; and the World Diabetes Foundation [grant number WDF15-1224 ]. ML-P receives funding from the Swiss Excellence Government Scholarship [grant number 2018.0698 ].
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