<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><sec id="j_sjph-2017-0029_s_009_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c18b1Aa"><h3>Introduction</h3><p>A new form of family practices was introduced in 2011 through a pilot project introducing nurse practitioners as members of team and determining a set of quality indicators. The aim of this article was to assess the quality of diabetes and hypertension management.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2017-0029_s_010_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c18b2Aa"><h3>Methods</h3><p>We included all family medicine practices that were participating in the project in December 2015 (N=584). The following data were extracted from automatic electronic reports on quality indicators: gender and specialisation of the family physician, status (public servant/self-contracted), duration of participation in the project, region of Slovenia, the number of inhabitants covered by a family medicine practice, the name of IT provider, and levels of selected quality indicators.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2017-0029_s_011_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c18b3Aa"><h3>Results</h3><p>Out of 584 family medicine practices that were included in this project at the end of 2015, 568 (97.3%) had complete data and could be included in this analysis. The highest values were observed for structure quality indicator (list of diabetics) and the lowest for process and outcome quality indicators. The values of the selected quality indicators were independently associated with the duration of participation in the project, some regions of Slovenia where practices were located, and some IT providers of the practices.</p></sec><sec id="j_sjph-2017-0029_s_012_w2aab3b7b4b1b6b1aab1c18b4Aa"><h3>Conclusion</h3><p>First, the analysis of data on quality indicators for diabetes and hypertension in this primary care project pointed out the problems which are currently preventing higher quality of chronic patient management at the primary health care level.</p></sec></abstract>

IntroductionA new form of family practices was introduced in 2011 through a pilot project introducing nurse practitioners as members of team and determining a set of quality indicators. The aim of this article was to assess the quality of diabetes and hypertension management.MethodsWe included all family medicine practices that were participating in the project in December 2015 (N=584). The following data were extracted from automatic electronic reports on quality indicators: gender and specialisation of the family physician, status (public servant/self-contracted), duration of participation in the project, region of Slovenia, the number of inhabitants covered by a family medicine practice, the name of IT provider, and levels of selected quality indicators.ResultsOut of 584 family medicine practices that were included in this project at the end of 2015, 568 (97.3%) had complete data and could be included in this analysis. The highest values were observed for structure quality indicator (list of diabetics) and the lowest for process and outcome quality indicators. The values of the selected quality indicators were independently associated with the duration of participation in the project, some regions of Slovenia where practices were located, and some IT providers of the practices.ConclusionFirst, the analysis of data on quality indicators for diabetes and hypertension in this primary care project pointed out the problems which are currently preventing higher quality of chronic patient management at the primary health care level.

Implementing quality indicators for diabetes and hypertension in family medicine in Slovenia

Slovenian Journal of Public Health

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UVAJANJE KAZALNIKOV KAKOVOSTI ZA SLADKORNO BOLEZEN IN ARTERIJSKO HIPERTENZIJO V DRUŽINSKI MEDICINI V SLOVENIJI

IntroductionA new form of family practices was introduced in 2011 through a pilot project introducing nurse practitioners as members of team and determining a...

Implementing quality indicators for diabetes and hypertension in family medicine in Slovenia

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Oct 09, 2017

Page range: 211 - 219

Received: Nov 09, 2016

Accepted: Jul 06, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2017-0029

Keywords
family practices, healthcare quality indicator, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, Slovenia

© 2017 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Implementing quality indicators for diabetes and hypertension in family medicine in Slovenia

Article Category: Original scientific article

Published Online: Oct 09, 2017

Page range: 211 - 219

Received: Nov 09, 2016

Accepted: Jul 06, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/sjph-2017-0029

Keywordsfamily practices, healthcare quality indicator, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, Slovenia

© 2017 National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
family practices, healthcare quality indicator, diabetes mellitus, hypertension, Slovenia