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ea0036oc6.1 | Oral Communications 6 | BSPED2014

Exploring variation in treatment targets across paediatric diabetes units in England and Wales

Charalampopoulos Dimitrios , Amin Rakesh , Viner Russell , Warner Justin , Stephenson Terence

Background: Achievement of treatment targets in children and young people (CYP) with diabetes represents an important intermediary step between delivery of care and ‘hard’ outcomes such as complications. Funnel plots have been proposed as a useful tool for visualising variation in performance indicators across centers and distinguishing between common-cause (centers lying within the control limits) and special-cause variation (centers lying outside the control limits...