Background For the past two decades, the assessment of the quality of diabetes care has
mostly relied on clinical quality indicators. These have not included Patient-Reported …

Background: Over 20 countries currently use the Minimum Data Set Resident Assessment
Instrument (MDS) in long-term care settings for care planning, policy, and research …

Background Prescription medication use, which is common among long-term care facility
(LTCF) residents, is routinely used to describe quality of care and predict health outcomes …

Health care utilization data have been used to estimate the prevalence of certain diseases,
to study disease-specific care, and to evaluate the quality of health care provided. In urban …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the magnitude of diabetes mellitus among Ohio nursing home
residents and the comorbid conditions affecting residents with diabetes. RESEARCH …

OBJECTIVES: To estimate trends in the prevalence and comorbidities of diabetes mellitus
(DM) in US nursing homes from 1995 to 2004. DESIGN: SAS callable SUDAAN was used to …

AIMS: To determine the validity of diagnosis of diabetes in primary care. METHODS: Patients
with initial primary care diagnosis (ICD-9 code 250. xx) were compared to matched controls …

The acceptability, uptake and effectiveness of a new referral tool–the diabetes patient at risk
(DPAR) score–were evaluated and the timeliness of review of referred inpatients by the …

Aims To investigate whether health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) predicts hospital
admission in a nationally representative sample of adults with diabetes. Methods We …

Objective The objective of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Framingham
Diabetes Risk Scoring Model (FDRSM) in a Canadian population, using the Canadian …