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Ethnicity impacts the cystic fibrosis diagnosis: A note of caution.
pillars. These findings have implications for clinical practice in the increasingly ethnically diverse Western population. Health Topics: Quality of healthcare Qualité des soins de santé Kwaliteit van de ...
Declining offloading rates in Belgian Recognized Diabetic Foot Clinics (RDFC): results from an audit-feedback quality improvement initiative.
offloading rates. The percentage of patients without any offloading device is increasing. Audit and feedback including non-public anonymous benchmarking has not been able to prevent this decline. Knowing that ...
Clinical action measures improve the reliability of feedback on quality of care in diabetes centres: a retrospective cohort study.
TM, 60-70 % of the patients received good care. This percentage increased significantly using the CAM (+5 %, p < 0.001). At the centre level, the CAM was associated with a higher median score, and ...
Management and 6-month outcome of patients with diabetic foot problems: results from a nationwide quality improvement initiative between 2005 and 2014
with a modified methodology, had increasing rates of participation and data completeness. In total, 5,510 episodes were sampled between 2005 and 2014 (5,407 DFU s and 183 acute Charcot feet). Median age ...
Implementation of a quality improvement initiative in Belgian diabetic foot clinics: feasibility and initial results.
diabetic foot clinics. RESULTS: The first audit-feedback cycle was a pilot study. Subsequent audits, with a modified methodology, had increasing rates of participation and data completeness. Over 85% of ...
Quality of care of people with type 2 diabetes in eight European countries: findings from the Guideline Adherence to Enhance Care (GUIDANCE) study.
identified for both processes and outcomes. The following characteristics were associated with an increased likelihood of meeting targets for all three of the measures considered (HbA1c, blood pressure, total ...
Care delivery and outcomes among Belgian children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes.
retinopathy (55 %) and microalbuminuria (73 %) was less frequent, but rates increased with age and diabetes duration. Median HbA(1c) was 61 mmol/mol (7.7 %) [interquartile range 54-68 mmol/mol (7.1-8.4 %)] and ...
Initiative for quality improvement and epidemiology among children and adolescents with diabetes (IQECAD)
Kindergeneeskunde, BVK-SBP, Issue BVK-SBP, Brussels, Belgium (2012) Abstract: Introduction The importance of quality of care monitoring, allowing identification of shortcomings in care, is increasingly recognized ...
Trends in cervical cancer incidence and mortality in the Baltic countries, Bulgaria and Romania.
were at continuously increasing risk of both incidence of and mortality from cervical cancer. Although some quality issues in the registration of cancer and causes of death cannot be ignored, the trends ...
Cytological screening for cervical cancer in the province of Limburg, Belgium.
significance and low-grade squamous intraepithelial lesion increased significantly over time. Pathologists from Limburg have pioneered cytology registration in the context of opportunistic screening in Belgium. ...