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Table 3 Primary process of care indicators (item-by-item): receipt of service during past 12 months, by decreasing order of receipt %

From: Diabetes care in Switzerland: good, but perfectible: a population-based cross-sectional survey

 

N for each response modality

Receipt of service

(95% CI)

Worst case scenario**

Best case scenario†

≥ one HbA1C check (n = 218)*

Yes: 214

98.1%

(95 .3%- 98. 9%)

97.7%

99.1%

No: 2

DK: 2

≥ one blood pressure measurement (n = 399)

Yes: 388

96.4%

(95.7%- 97.0%)

95.6%

98.0%

No: 8

DK: 3

≥ one weight measurement (n = 396)

Yes: 374

94.4%

(91. 4%- 96. 6%)

92.1%

94.8%

No: 21

DK: 1

≥ one lipid test (n = 401)

Yes: 378

94.2%

(91. 6%- 96. 1%)

93.1%

96.8%

No: 13

DK: 10

Physical activity recommendations, written or verbal (n = 398)

Yes: 277

69.6%

(65. 2-71. 1%)

68.2%

70.4%

No: 120

DK: 1

Diabetic foot examination by a physician (n = 397)

Yes: 265

66.8%

(61. 5%- 72.9%)

65.3%

68.2%

No: 129

DK: 3

≥ one urine test (for micro-albuminuria) (n = 399)

Yes: 252

63.2%

(57. 6%- 70%)

62.1%

77.8%

No: 90

DK: 57

Influenza immunization (n = 402)

Yes: 250

62.2%

(58. 6%- 65. 5%)

61.6%

62.8%

No: 151

DK: 1

Eye assesment by ophthalmologist (n = 399)

Yes: 225

56.4%

(51. 4%- 61%)

55.4%

59.1%

No: 166

DK: 8

Diet recommendations, written or verbal (n = 399)

Yes: 194

48.6%

(43. 2%- 54. 2%)

47.8%

50.0%

No: 203

DK: 2

  1. DK don’t know.
  2. * Among HbA1C aware patients (skip question).
  3. ** Don’t know answers and missing data assumed as “no receipt” of process of care.
  4. † Don’t know answers and missing data assumed as “receipt” of process of care.