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Kao KT, Lei S, Cheek JA, White M, Hiscock H. Paediatric diabetes-related presentations to emergency departments in Victoria, Australia from 2008 to 2018. Emerg Med Australas 2024; 36:101-109. [PMID: 37783473 DOI: 10.1111/1742-6723.14320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/08/2023] [Indexed: 10/04/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Despite significant treatment advances in paediatric diabetes management, ED presentations for potentially preventable (PP) complications such as diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA) remains a major issue. We aimed to examine the characteristics, rates and trends of diabetes-related ED presentations and subsequent admissions in youth aged 0-19 years from 2008 to 2018. METHODS Data were obtained from the Victorian Emergency Minimum Dataset and the National Diabetes Register. A diabetes-related ED presentation is defined using the International Statistical Classification of Diseases and Related Health Problems, Tenth Revision, Australian Modification diagnosis codes. 'Non-preventable' presentations were the number of youths with newly diagnosed diabetes, and the remaining are classified as PP diabetes-related presentations. Poisson regression model was used to examine the trends in incidence rate and prevalence. RESULTS Four thousand eight hundred and seventy-two (59%) of 8220 presentations were PP, 4683 (57%) were for DKA whereas 6200 (82%) required hospital admission. Diabetes-related ED presentations decreased from 38.4 to 27.5 per 100 youth with diabetes per year between 2008 and 2018 (β = -0.04; confidence interval [CI] -0.04 to -0.03; P < 0.001). Females, those aged 0-4 years and rural youth had higher rates of ED presentations than males, older age groups and metropolitan youth. DKA presentations decreased from 20.1 presentations per 100 youth with diabetes in 2008-2009 to 14.9 presentations per 100 youth with diabetes in 2017-2018. The rate of DKA presentations was 68% higher in rural areas compared to metropolitan areas (incidence rate ratio 1.68; CI 1.59-1.78; P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Although the rates of diabetes-related ED presentations declined, PP diabetes-related presentations and subsequent hospitalisation remain high. Patient level research is required to understand the increased DKA presentations in rural youth.
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- Kung-Ting Kao
- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Health Services Research Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Emergency Medicine, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Health Services Research Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Health Services Research Unit, The Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Limbert C, Tinti D, Malik F, Kosteria I, Messer L, Jalaludin MY, Benitez-Aguirre P, Biester S, Corathers S, von Sengbusch S, Marcovecchio ML. ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2022: The delivery of ambulatory diabetes care to children and adolescents with diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes 2022; 23:1243-1269. [PMID: 36537530 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.13417] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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- Catarina Limbert
- Unit of Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, Hospital Dona Estefânia, Lisbon, Portugal.,Nova Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Turin, Turin, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, USA
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- Department of Endocrinology, Growth & Development, "P&A Kyriakou" Children's Hospital, Athens, Greece
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- Barbara Davis Center, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, Colorado, USA
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- Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.,Discipline of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Diabetes-Center for Children and Adolescents, Children's Hospital "Auf der Bult", Hannover, Germany
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Endocrinology and Diabetology, Campus Lübeck, University Medical Centre Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Cambridge and Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK
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Grudziąż-Sękowska J, Sękowski K, Kobuszewski B. Healthcare Utilization and Adherence to Treatment Recommendations among Children with Type 1 Diabetes in Poland during the COVID-19 Pandemic. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH 2022; 19:ijerph19084798. [PMID: 35457665 PMCID: PMC9031476 DOI: 10.3390/ijerph19084798] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2022] [Revised: 04/10/2022] [Accepted: 04/14/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1D) is, next to obesity and asthma, the most common chronic disease in children in Poland. The results of T1D treatment strongly depend on the patient’s compliance with therapeutic recommendations, which entails the use of necessary health services. Based on a retrospective analysis of the data on health services provided in 2016–2020 to over 15.5 thousand patients with T1D in Poland, we assessed the compliance of the actual model of treatment of T1D in children with the current guidelines. It was found that only about 50% of patients received the number of diabetes consultations corresponding to the recognized standards, with about 15% of children with T1D remaining outside the public healthcare system. In the case of many outpatient services (ophthalmological, neurological, mental health), the number of consultations was extremely low—one order of magnitude lower than in general population and dropped even lower in 2020. This shows that the health needs of children with T1D are not being met within the public healthcare system. The COVID-19 pandemic caused significant limitations in access to healthcare in Poland. Compared to the pre-pandemic period there was a significant decrease (−27% compared to 2019) in the number of hospitalizations, and a substantial increase (+22% compared to 2019) in the number of diabetic ketoacidoses (DKA) cases. The proportion of hospitalizations caused by DKA rose to 8.9% compared to 7.3% in 2019.
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- Justyna Grudziąż-Sękowska
- Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, School of Public Health, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland;
- Correspondence: ; Tel.: +48-225-601-150
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- Doctoral School, Law College, Kozmiński University, 03-301 Warsaw, Poland;
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- Centre of Postgraduate Medical Education, School of Public Health, 01-813 Warsaw, Poland;
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McGee RG, Cowell CT, Arnolda G, Ting HP, Hibbert P, Dowton SB, Braithwaite J. Assessing guideline adherence in the management of type 1 diabetes mellitus in Australian children: a population-based sample survey. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care 2020; 8:8/1/e001141. [PMID: 32709758 PMCID: PMC7380831 DOI: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2019-001141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Revised: 05/12/2020] [Accepted: 05/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION To estimate adherence to clinical practice guidelines in selected settings at a population level for Australian children with type 1 diabetes mellitus. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Medical records of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus aged 0-15 years in 2012-2013 were targeted for sampling across inpatient, emergency department and community visits with specialist pediatricians in regional and metropolitan areas and tertiary pediatric hospitals in three states where approximately 60% of Australian children reside. Clinical recommendations extracted from two clinical practice guidelines were used to audit adherence. Results were aggregated across types of care (diagnosis, routine care, emergency care). RESULTS Surveyors conducted 6346 indicator assessments from an audit of 539 healthcare visits by 251 children. Average adherence across all indicators was estimated at 79.9% (95% CI 69.5 to 88.0). Children with type 1 diabetes mellitus have higher rates of behavioral and psychological disorders, but only a third of children (37.9%; 95% CI 11.7 to 70.7) with suboptimal glycemic control (eg, hemoglobin A1c >10% or 86 mmol/mol) were screened for psychological disorders using a validated tool; this was the only indicator with <50% estimated adherence. Adherence by care type was: 86.1% for diagnosis (95% CI 76.7 to 92.7); 78.8% for routine care (95% CI 65.4 to 88.9) and 83.9% for emergency care (95% CI 78.4 to 88.5). CONCLUSIONS Most indicators for care of children with type 1 diabetes mellitus were adhered to. However, there remains room to improve adherence to guidelines for optimization of practice consistency and minimization of future disease burden.
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- Richard G McGee
- Central Coast Clinical School, The University of Newcastle Faculty of Health and Medicine, Callaghan, New South Wales, Australia
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- The University of Sydney Children's Hospital Westmead Clinical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
- Australian Centre for Precision Health, University of South Australia Cancer Research Institute (UniSA CRI), School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
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- Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Macquarie University, New South Wales, Australia
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Bergloff A, Stratton E, Briggs Early K. A Cross-Sectional Pilot Survey of Rural Clinic Attitudes and Proficiency with Insulin Pumps and Continuous Glucose Monitoring Devices. Diabetes Technol Ther 2019; 21:665-670. [PMID: 31339738 DOI: 10.1089/dia.2019.0161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Purpose: To examine the perceptions, proficiencies, and barriers of diabetes device use among rural clinic providers. Methods: A total of 210 surveys were sent through e-mail and/or U.S. Postal Service to rural clinics throughout Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Utah based on discussions with rural clinic network leadership in the states. Responses were included if the participant was 18 years of age and older, and worked at a rural clinic as a physician, physician assistant, nurse, nurse practitioner, allied health worker, or clinic manager. Results: Respondents included clinic management (13%), midlevel providers (physician assistants and nurse practitioners) and allied health workers (pharmacists, dietitians, and social workers, 30.8%), nurses (30.8%), and physicians (23.1%). We had a low response rate (20%; n = 41), but of those who said they work with patients who have diabetes, only 47.4% indicated that they use diabetes devices as part of their patients' treatment. The most common barrier reported among respondents suggested that additional medical team expertise is needed in their community or clinic to adopt insulin pumps and/or continuous glucose monitoring for qualified patients (75.9% and 80.8%, respectively). Conclusion: Lack of provider experience and having patients managed by out-of-area experts were the biggest reasons for providers not seeing or managing patients using these devices. Lack of provider access, patient satisfaction with current diabetes regimens, unsupportive health care team, patient literacy, and patient fear showed limited to negligible endorsements from survey respondents. A variety of potential solutions to this problem of limited provider experience and training are also offered.
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- Andrew Bergloff
- College of Osteopathic Medicine, Pacific Northwest University of Health Sciences (PNWU), Yakima, Washington
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- Emergency Medicine, SUNY Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York
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Fox DA, Islam N, Amed S. Type 1 diabetes outcomes: Does distance to clinic matter? Pediatr Diabetes 2018; 19:1331-1336. [PMID: 30101515 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2018] [Revised: 07/19/2018] [Accepted: 08/07/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES To access care, pediatric type 1 diabetes (T1D) patients living in British Columbia (BC), Canada, travel to the sole tertiary pediatric hospital (BC Children's Hospital; BCCH), or they receive community care from pediatric endocrinologists and/or pediatricians. We sought to determine whether hemoglobin A1C (HbA1C ) and patient-reported outcomes were associated with (1) distance to clinic and (2) tertiary vs community care. METHODS Patients were recruited from T1D clinics across BC. Clinical chart review and patient surveys were completed, including the Diabetes Treatment Satisfaction Questionnaire (DTSQ). Clinic type was categorized as tertiary (BCCH) or community, and the travel time to BCCH was categorized as <1 hour, 1 to 2 hours, or >2 hours. RESULTS There were 189 participants. Age and duration of T1D were similar across groups. Mean number of visits/year for BCCH groups were 2.23, 2.24, and 2.05 for the <1-hour, 1- to 2-hour, and >2-hour groups, respectively, vs 3.26 for the community group. Adjusted mean difference in HbA1C was +0.65% (95% confidence interval [CI]: 0.15, 1.15) and +0.52% (95% CI: 0.02, 1.02) for the BCCH >2-hour group compared to the BCCH <1-hour group and community groups, respectively. Child DTSQ scores were significantly lower in the BCCH >2-hour group compared to the BCCH <1-hour and community groups. CONCLUSIONS Children traveling >2 hours to T1D clinic at BCCH had significantly higher HbA1C values and lower satisfaction with care vs those traveling <1 hour to BCCH and those receiving community care. Access to care closer to home may benefit glycemic control in children with T1D and improve treatment satisfaction. Future research should determine whether these findings can be replicated in other regions.
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- Danya A Fox
- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- MRC Epidemiology Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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Pihoker C, Forsander G, Fantahun B, Virmani A, Corathers S, Benitez-Aguirre P, Fu J, Maahs DM. ISPAD Clinical Practice Consensus Guidelines 2018: The delivery of ambulatory diabetes care to children and adolescents with diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes 2018; 19 Suppl 27:84-104. [PMID: 30144259 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 07/10/2018] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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- Catherine Pihoker
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington
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- Division of Diabetes, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg and The Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden
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- Department of Pediatrics and Child Health at Saint Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
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- Department of Pediatrics, Max, Pentamed and SL Jain Hospitals, Delhi, India
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Sydney Medical School, Discipline of Child & Adolescent Health, The Children's Hospital at Westmead Clinical School Children's Hospital, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
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- Children's Hospital of Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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Cameron FJ, Russell E, McCombe J, O'Connell MA, Skinner T. The clinician factor: Personality characteristics of clinicians and their impact upon clinical outcomes in the management of children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes. Pediatr Diabetes 2018; 19:832-839. [PMID: 29573084 DOI: 10.1111/pedi.12646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2017] [Revised: 11/20/2017] [Accepted: 01/04/2018] [Indexed: 12/21/2022] Open
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OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to estimate clinician qualities that influence metabolic outcomes in youth with type 1 diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS Data were gathered over two 3 month periods in a large tertiary diabetes center (1500 patients, 8 clinicians) from patients with type 1 diabetes who received continuous care from each clinician. Data included sex, age, diabetes duration, insulin regimen, body mass index (BMI), insulin dose and episodes of severe hypoglycemia. Clinician data included target blood glucose levels, target glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c), Diabetes Attitude Scale and Big 5 Personality Inventory Scale. Mean HbA1c per clinician was the primary outcome variable. RESULTS The 8 clinicians saw a total of 464 patients during the first time period, and 603 in the second time period. Lowest to highest mean HbA1c per clinician varied by 0.7%. There were small but statistically significant differences between clinicians with their patients' age at diagnosis, duration of diabetes, age, gender, treatment type and BMI SD score. After controlling for these differences, the clinician characteristics that were associated with lower mean HbA1c were having no lower limit in target HbA1c and being self-reportedly "less agreeable." The impact of these clinician attitudinal traits was equivalent to the combined effects of patient characteristics and treatment type. CONCLUSIONS There was a significant variation in metabolic outcomes between treating clinicians. After controlling for patient clinical differences, clinician mean HbA1c was associated with lower limit in target HbA1c and being "less agreeable." Clinicians who were more demanding and dogmatic appeared to have better outcomes.
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- Fergus J Cameron
- Diabetes research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Diabetes research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
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- Diabetes research Group, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Paediatrics, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.,Department of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
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- Psychological and Clinical Science School, Charles Darwin University, Darwin, Australia
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O'Sullivan BG, Stoelwinder JU, McGrail MR. Specialist outreach services in regional and remote Australia: key drivers and policy implications. Med J Aust 2017; 207:98-99. [DOI: 10.5694/mja16.00949] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2016] [Accepted: 12/02/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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O'Sullivan BG, McGrail MR, Joyce CM, Stoelwinder J. Service distribution and models of rural outreach by specialist doctors in Australia: a national cross-sectional study. AUST HEALTH REV 2016; 40:330-336. [DOI: 10.1071/ah15100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/15/2014] [Accepted: 07/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Objective This paper describes the service distribution and models of rural outreach by specialist doctors living in metropolitan or rural locations. Methods The present study was a national cross-sectional study of 902 specialist doctors providing 1401 rural outreach services in the Medicine in Australia: Balancing Employment and Life study, 2008. Five mutually exclusive models of rural outreach were studied. Results Nearly half of the outreach services (585/1401; 42%) were provided to outer regional or remote locations, most (58%) by metropolitan specialists. The most common model of outreach was drive-in, drive-out (379/902; 42%). In comparison, metropolitan-based specialists were less likely to provide hub-and-spoke models of service (odd ratio (OR) 0.31; 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.21–0.46) and more likely to provide fly-in, fly-out models of service (OR 4.15; 95% CI 2.32–7.42). The distance travelled by metropolitan specialists was not affected by working in the public or private sector. However, rural-based specialists were more likely to provide services to nearby towns if they worked privately. Conclusions Service distribution and models of outreach vary according to where specialists live as well as the practice sector of rural specialists. Multilevel policy and planning is needed to manage the risks and benefits of different service patterns by metropolitan and rural specialists so as to promote integrated and accessible services. What is known about this topic? There are numerous case studies describing outreach by specialist doctors. However, there is no systematic evidence describing the distribution of rural outreach services and models of outreach by specialists living in different locations and the broad-level factors that affect this. What does this paper add? The present study provides the first description of outreach service distribution and models of rural outreach by specialist doctors living in rural versus metropolitan areas. It shows that metropolitan and rural-based specialists have different levels of service reach and provide outreach through different models. Further, the paper highlights that practice sector has no effect on metropolitan specialists, but private rural specialists limit their travel distance. What are the implications for practitioners? The complexity of these patterns highlights the need for multilevel policy and planning approaches to promote integrated and accessible outreach in rural and remote Australia.
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O'Sullivan BG, Stoelwinder JU, McGrail MR. The stability of rural outreach services: a national longitudinal study of specialist doctors. Med J Aust 2015; 203:297. [PMID: 26424065 DOI: 10.5694/mja15.00369] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2015] [Accepted: 08/04/2015] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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