AHRQ - Assessing Quality of Care for Diabetes

www.ahrq.gov/qual/diabetescare/

This report prepared by investigators at the University of Michigan Health System for the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) discusses recent improvements in the processes of diabetes care and the lack of corresponding improvements in risk factor control.

The ultimate goal of quality measurement in diabetes is to motivate quality improvement and decrease long-term diabetes complications.

full report (PDF File, 415 KB)