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Table 4 Comparisons of number of healthcare providers seen among true positives, and false negatives among patients meeting glycemic targets (HbA1c group between 6.4 and 7.0%)

From: Evaluating the coding accuracy of type 2 diabetes mellitus among patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease

 

Diabetes, meeting glycemic targets

 

True Positive

(N = 1,008)

False Negative

(N = 736)

P-value

Community

   

GP Mean

(Median, IQR)

65.1 (50.5, 43.0)

69.1 (50.0, 43.0)

0.99

Specialist Mean

(Median, IQR)

49.2 (29.0, 42.0)

47.7 (26.0, 38.0)

0.16

Allied Mean

(Median, IQR)

7.0 (3.0, 6.0)

4.7 (2.0, 5.0)

< 0.01

Emergency

   

GP Mean

(Median, IQR)

1.3 (0.0, 0.0)

1.4 (0.0, 0.0)

0.04

Specialist Mean

(Median, IQR)

4.2 (2.0, 4.0)

5.1 (2.0, 4.0)

0.52

Allied Mean

(Median, IQR)

0.001 (0.0, 0.0)

NA

NA

Inpatient

   

GP Mean

(Median, IQR)

1.7 (0.0, 0.0)

2.4 (0.0, 0.0)

0.59

Specialist Mean

(Median, IQR)

8.0 (1.5, 4.0)

10.5 (2.0, 6.0)

0.50

Allied Mean

(Median, IQR)

NA

0.007 (0.0, 0.0)

0.11

Diagnostic Therapy

   

GP Mean

(Median, IQR)

0.008 (0.0, 0.0)

0.02 (0.0, 0.0)

0.47

Specialist Mean

(Median, IQR)

23.1 (15.0, 17.0)

23.5 (14.0, 16.0)

0.27

Allied Mean

(Median, IQR)

0.4 (0.0, 2.0)

0.3 (0.0, 0.0)

0.35

Ambulatory (Other)

   

GP Mean

(Median, IQR)

0.04 (0.0,

0.02 (0.0, 0.0)

0.30

Specialist Mean

(Median, IQR)

2.1 (0.0,

2.2 (0.0, 1.0)

0.07

  1. *Presented p-values are based on post-hoc tests with Bonferroni corrections applied on Kruskal-Wallis ANOVA test. Allied health represents allied health providers and professionals. Allied health providers cover oral and maxillofacial surgery, optometry, laboratory medicine, diagnostic imaging, podiatry, and podiatric surgery, while allied health professionals cover the areas of pain, speech, and other physical challenges