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Auditing diabetes values in primary care

Brookfields Health Centre, Seymour Street, Cambridge, CB1 3DQ, UK, m.cosgrove{at}ntlworld.com

Jan Hunter

Brookfields Health Centre, Seymour Street, Cambridge, CB1 3DQ, UK

Auditing values in diabetes care can potentially give the wrong impression. Using a single value such as percentage of patients with a blood pressure 140/80 mmHg does not reflect what is happening in the practice as a whole. There is a risk that patients who will never achieve such targets will be viewed with less enthusiasm than they should by their primary care team members. This article describes a simple method of auditing diabetes values that includes all diabetes patients and is helpful when comparing year on year progress.

The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease, Vol. 3, No. 5, 368-371 (2003)
DOI: 10.1177/14746514030030051101


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