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ea0027oc4.1 | Oral Communications 4 | BSPED2011

Ethnicity rather than deprivation impacts on diabetes control and use of treatment regimen

Thompson Rebecca , Agostini Kirsty , Luscombe Jennifer , Potts Louise , Viner Russell , Hindmarsh Peter

Introduction: Delivering an equitable service is one component defining a quality service. Various factors impact on diabetes control including health beliefs and socioeconomic pressures. To determine the role played by ethnicity and/or deprivation we audited access to insulin treatment regimens and overall diabetes control in our clinic population of children and young people with type 1 diabetes mellitus (CYPT1DM).Methods: Three hundred and twenty-five...