Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Adherence to recommended guideline for monitoring of glucose control and screening of diabetic complications has been demonstrated to prevent the chronic complications of diabetes. In Korea, the clinical audit for quality of diabetes care has been started in 2011. The aim of this study is to investigate the change of adherence to a process quality-of-care-indicator in diabetes after the initiation of audit in Korea.Methods: This retrospective...

Background: Regular monitoring of glucose control and screening of diabetic complication and adherence to treatment are cornerstones for prevention of chronic diabetic complications. The aim of this study is to investigate the association between quality of diabetes care and the development of chronic diabetes complications.Methods: This retrospective study was performed using the national health insurance claims database from the Health Insurance Review...