Annals of Family Medicine 4:32-39 (2006)
© 2006 Annals of Family Medicine, Inc.
doi: 10.1370/afm.421
Quality of Preventive Care for Diabetes: Effects of Visit Frequency and Competing Demands
Joshua J. Fenton, MD, MPH1,
Michael Von Korff, ScD2,
Elizabeth H.B. Lin, MD, MPH2,
Paul Ciechanowski, MD, MPH3 and
Bessie A. Young, MD, MPH4
1 Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of California, Davis, Sacramento, Calif
2 Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, Wash
3 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington, Seattle, Wash
4 Department of Medicine, University of Washington, and Veterans Administration Hospital, Seattle, Wash

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Figure 1. Receipt of diabetes preventive services by patterns of use.
HbA1C = hemoblogin A1C.
Note: Values are rates of receipt of services over a 2-year period. Microalbuminuria screening was assessed only in patients who did not have a prescription for an angiotension-converting enzyme inhibitor at baseline. Comparison of outcomes across use patterns are statistically significant (P <.001), except for the comparison of microalbuminuria screening (P = .05).
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