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Membership in a diabetes-care network and adherence to clinical practice guidelines for treating type 2 diabetes among general practitioners: A four-year follow-up

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Objectives: To assess whether private general practitioners (GPs) belonging to a diabetes-care network adhered more closely to clinical practice guidelines for diabetes care than GPs not in such a network, for all their patients with type 2 diabetes treated with medication (patients with diabetes), regardless of whether they received care through a network (that is, whether a halo effect occurred). Research design and measures: The study, based on health insurance reimbursement databases in southeastern France, included 468 GPs in two networks and 468 non-network GPs in the same geographical area, matched one-to-one by propensity scores. We followed up their patients with diabetes (n=22,808) from 2008 through 2011, conducting multivariate time-to-event analyses (Cox models) that took the matching design into account to evaluate time from inclusion until performance of the given number of each of six recommended examinations/tests. Results: GPs belonging to a diabetes-care network adhered more closely to clinical practice guidelines but our result were slightly pronounced. Hazard ratios (HR) were significantly higher for patients of network GPs for the implementation of 3 HbA1C assays (HRa=1.13; [95%CI=1.10-1.16]), or 1 microalbuminuria assay (1.4 [1.35-1.45]); they were lower for LDL-cholesterol assays (1.04 [1.01-1.07]) and ophthalmological checkups (1.07 [1.04-1.10]), and not significant for creatinemia or cardiac monitoring. Conclusions: Network GPs had better diabetes monitoring practices for all their patients with diabetes than the other GPs, especially for the most diabetes-specific tests. Further research is needed in other settings to confirm the existence of this halo effect.
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inserm-03343646 , version 1 (14-09-2021)

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Ludovic Casanova, Aurélie Bocquier, Sébastien Cortaredona, Stève Nauleau, Laurent Sauze, et al.. Membership in a diabetes-care network and adherence to clinical practice guidelines for treating type 2 diabetes among general practitioners: A four-year follow-up. Primary Care Diabetes, 2016, 10 (5), pp.342 - 351. ⟨10.1016/j.pcd.2016.07.001⟩. ⟨inserm-03343646⟩
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