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Table 2 Characteristics of health centres and patients with Type 2 diabetes by jurisdiction (number & (%))

From: Duration of participation in continuous quality improvement: a key factor explaining improved delivery of Type 2 diabetes services

  

Far West New South Wales

Northern Territory

Queensland

South Australia

Western Australia

Total

Total number health centres

6

62

44

6

14

132

Location

Very remote

2 (33)

51 (82)

29 (66)

2 (33)

5 (36)

89 (67)

 

Remote

1 (17)

9 (15)

4 (9)

0

2 (14)

16 (12)

 

Non-remote

3 (50)

2 (3)

11 (25)

4 (67)

7 (50)

27 (20)

Governance

Government

0

44 (71)

44 (100)

3 (50)

6 (43)

97 (73)

 

Community-controlled

6 (100)

18 (29)

0

3 (50)

8 (57)

35 (27)

Service Population

≥500

2 (33)

35 (56)

18 (41)

1 (17)

2 (14)

58 (44)

501-999

1 (17)

12 (19)

11 (25)

2 (33)

0

26 (20)

 

≥1000

3 (50)

15 (24)

15 (34)

3 (50)

12 (86)

48 (36)

Mean % (and range) clients that did not attend in last 6 months

21 (3-47)

4 (0-22)

12 (0-45)

25 (12-49)

17 (0-50)

10 (0-50)

Duration of participation in ABCD CQI

<1 year

0

14 (23)

12 (27)

2 (33)

4 (29)

32 (24)

1-2 years

0

26 (42)

19 (43)

4 (67)

6 (43)

55 (42)

>3 years

6 (100)

22 (35)

13 (30)

0

4 (29)

45 (34)

Number of patient records audited

936

4849

3407

333

1149

10674

Age (years) mean & (range)

57 (19-94)

50 (15-91)

54 (15-97)

52 (16-86)

52 (17-88)

52 (15-97)

Gender

Male

441 (47)

1925 (40)

1587 (47)

136 (41)

472 (41)

4561 (43)

 

Female

495 (53)

2924 (60)

1820 (53)

197 (59)

677 (59)

6113 (57)

Indigenous status

Indigenous

514 (55)

4684 (97)

2347 (69)

313 (94)

1071 (93)

8929 (84)

Non-indigenous

384 (41)

127 (3)

591 (17)

20 (6)

56 (5)

1178 (11)

 

Not recorded

38 (4)

38 (1)

469 (14)

0

22 (2)

567 (5)

Two or more co-morbidities

770 (82)

3570 (74)

2326 (68)

210 (63)

677 (59)

7553 (71)

Complications

No complications

781 (83)

4185 (86)

2832 (83)

302 (91)

1000 (87)

9100 (85)

 

1-2 complications

148 (16)

613 (13)

510 (15)

27 (8)

134 (12)

1432 (13)

 

>2 complications

7 (1)

51 (1)

65 (2)

4 (1)

15 (1)

142 (1)