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Developing best practice tariffs for diabetic ketoacidosis and hypoglycaemia
Author(s) -
Price Hermione,
Thomsett Karen,
Newton Ian,
Alderson Sam,
Hillson Rowan
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
practical diabetes
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.205
H-Index - 24
eISSN - 2047-2900
pISSN - 2047-2897
DOI - 10.1002/pdi.1731
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetic ketoacidosis , diabetes mellitus , ketoacidosis , audit , test (biology) , harm , medical emergency , family medicine , pediatrics , type 1 diabetes , paleontology , management , political science , law , economics , biology , endocrinology
(DKA) and hypoglycaemia have been developed following directly from the publication of the NICE quality standard for diabetes (2011)1 which states: ‘11. People with diabetes admitted to hospital are cared for by appropriately trained staff, provided with access to a specialist diabetes team, and given the choice of self-monitoring and managing their own insulin. ‘12. People admitted to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis receive educational and psychological support prior to discharge and are followed up by a specialist diabetes team. ‘13. People with diabetes who have experienced hypoglycaemia requiring medical attention are referred to a specialist diabetes team.’ The BPTs were included in the Payment by Results (PbR) road-test exercise 2012/132 and will be introduced from April 2013 subject to feedback from this exercise. The road-test exercise provides an opportunity for the NHS to test out the new tariff and supports the planning process. The focus of the road test is to gather comments on the draft 2012/13 PbR guidance and PbR code of conduct.