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

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Multivariate analysis for higher value of the quality indicator ‘Measured HbA1C in patients with diabetes at least once a year’.

Explanatory variablesRegression coefficientStandard ErrorUpper and lower 95% confidence Intervalp
Gender
Female1.602.11-2.53, 5.740.447
MaleReference
Status
Self-contractor1.032.37-3.61, 5.660.664
Public servantreference
provider
No. 1-6.273.68-13.49, 0.950.089
No. 2-12.008.87-29.38, 5.380.176
No. 3-6.052.96-11.85, -0.250.041
No. 4-14.583.53-21.50, -7.66< 0.001
No. 5reference
Area
Rural-0.732.34-5.32, 3.860.757
Urbanreference
Specialisation
General Practice5.133.17-1,07, 11.340.105
Family Medicine3.343.17-2.87, 9.550.292
No specialisation
Region-9.285.00-19.07, 0.520.063
Celje-6.555.40-17.14, 4.040.225
Koper-4.376.54-17.19, 8.460.505
Krsko-6.374.85-15.87, 3.130.189
Kranj0.854.27-7.51, 9.220.842
Ljubljana3.884.97-5.86, 13.620.435
Maribor7.205.13-2.85, 17.250.160
Murska Sobota-9.184.98-18.94, 0.580.065
Nova Gorica-0.405.18-10.56, 9.760.939
Novo Mestoreference
Ravne na Koroskem
Age (years)-0.110.10-0.31, 0.080.265
Duration of participation in the project0.300.050.20, 0.40< 0.001

Characteristics of family medicine practices included in the project.

Explanatory variablesRegression coefficientStandard ErrorUpper and lower 95% confidence Intervalp
Gender
Female0.174.66-8.97, 9.300.972
Malereference
Status
Self-contractor6.475.22-3.76, 16.700.215
Public servantreference
IT provider
No. 119.038.133.10, 34.960.019
No. 212.1819.57-26.18, 50.550.534
No. 38.886.53-3.92, 21.670.174
No. 421.857.796.57, 37.120.005
No. 5reference
Area
Rural-2.615.17-12.74, 7.520.614
Urbanreference
Specialisation
General Practice-2.926.99-16.62, 10.780.676
Family Medicine-0.467.00-14.17, 13.260.948
No specialisationreference
Region
Celje-8.3211.03-29.94, 13.310.451
Koper-1.9911.92-25.36, 21.380.868
Krsko11.1814.45-17.14, 39.490.439
Kranj4.0210.70-16.95, 24.990.707
Ljubljana-4.589.42-23.05, 13.880.627
Maribor-35.9210.97-57.42, -14.420.001
Murska Sobota-17.3411.32-39.52, 4.850.126
Nova Gorica-0.4011.00-21.95, 21.150.971
Novo Mesto0.3711.45-22.07, 22.800.975
Ravne na KoroskemReference
Age (years)-0.170.22-0.61, 0.260.435
Duration of participation in the project1.470.111.24, 1.69< 0.001

Multivariate analysis for higher value of the quality indicator ‘Percentage of patients with hypertension with a systolic blood pressure 140/90 mmHg or lower.’

Explanatory variablesRegression coefficientStandard ErrorUpper and lower 95% confidence Intervalp
Gender
Female3.361.480.47, 6.250.023
MaleReference
Status
Self-contractor3.441.650.20, 6.680.037
Public servantreference
IT provider
No. 1-0.772.57-5.82, 4.270.764
No. 217.596.205.45, 29.74< 0.001
No. 3-6.642.07-10.69, -2.580.001
No. 4-10.582.47-15.42, -5.74< 0.001
No. 5reference
Area
Rural-1.651.64-4.86, 1.560.314
Urbanreference
Specialisation
General Practice2.052.21-2.29, 6.390.354
Family Medicine-0.952.22-5.29, 3.390.668
No specialisationreference
Region
Celje-2.483.49-9.32, 4.370.478
Koper1.783.78-5.62, 9.180.637
Krsko-1.154.57-10.11, 7.820.802
Kranj-3.763.39-10.40, 2.880.267
Ljubljana1.652.98-4.19, 7.500.579
Maribor10.773.473.96, 17.570.002
Murska Sobota5.333.58-1.69, 12.360.137
Nova Gorica-1.653.48-8,47, 5.180.636
Novo Mesto-0.433.62-7.54, 6.670.905
Ravne na Koroskemreference
Age (years)-0.060.07-0.20, 0.070.368
Duration of participation in the project0.150.040.08, 0.23< 0.001

Quality indicators for diabetes and hypertension.

Quality indicatorCalculation formulaType of quality indicatorQuality standardMean value (SD)Median
List of patients with diabetesNumber of diabetic patients/(Number of registered patients * 0.061) * 100Structure084.2 (53.6)84.0
Percentage of patients with diabetes with measured HbA1C once a yearNumber of patients with diabetes with measured HbA1C at least once a year/number of registered diabetic patients

The expression “registered” describes the number of patients with diabetes/hypertension on the patient list of each family medicine practice

* 100
Process8025.6 (22.3)21.2
Percentage of patients with hypertension with a systolic blood pressure 140/90 mmHg or lowerNumber of patients with hypertension with blood pressure 140/90 mmHg or lower/number of registered3 patients with hypertension * 100Outcome5018.2 (16.3)14.3
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