Open AccessQuality of Diabetic Care among Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital in Bangalore, South India: A Cross-sectional Study
Author(s) -
Carolin Elizabeth George,
Sapna Mathew,
Gift Norman,
Devashri Mukherjee
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2015/11540.6215
Subject(s) - medicine , checklist , diabetes mellitus , cross sectional study , audit , family medicine , pediatrics , psychology , management , pathology , economics , cognitive psychology , endocrinology
Despite high prevalence of diabetes, translation of practice recommendations to care is still deficient in Asian and developed countries. The objective of this study is to assess the quality of care provided to diabetic patients and extent of knowledge transfer by the provider to these patients as a measure of the quality of service.