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Diabetes Care 26:2032-2036, 2003
© 2003 by the American Diabetes Association, Inc.

Epidemiology/Health Services/Psychosocial Research
Original Article

Evaluating Concordance to American Diabetes Association Standards of Care for Type 2 Diabetes Through Group Visits in an Uninsured or Inadequately Insured Patient Population

Dawn E. Clancy, MD1, Dennis W. Cope, MD1, Kathryn Marley Magruder, MPH, PHD2, Peng Huang, PHD3 and Tamara E. Wolfman, MD1

1 Department of Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, South Carolina
2 Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Center for Health Care Research, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, South Carolina
3 Department of Biometry and Epidemiology, Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), Charleston, South Carolina

Address correspondence and reprint requests to Dawn E. Clancy, MD, Medical University of South Carolina, McClennan-Banks Ambulatory Care Center, Adult Primary Care Center Administrative Services, 326 Calhoun Street, P.O. Box 250105, Charleston, SC 29425. E-mail: clancyd{at}musc.edu.

OBJECTIVE—To evaluate the effectiveness of a managed care approach to health care delivery, group visits, in the management of uninsured or inadequately insured patients with type 2 diabetes.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—A total of 120 patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes were randomly assigned to receive their care in group visits or usual care for 6 months. After 6 months, concordance with 10 process-of-care indicators recommended by the American Diabetes Association (ADA) standards of care was evaluated through chart abstraction. The 10 items evaluated were up-to-date HbA1c levels and lipid profiles, urine for microalbumin, appropriate use of ACE inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blockers, use of lipid-lowering agents where indicated, daily aspirin use, annual foot examinations, annual referrals for retinal examinations, and immunizations against streptococcal pneumonia and influenza.

RESULTS—Patients who received care in group visits showed statistically significant improvement in concordance with these 10 process-of-care indicators (P < 0.001). Of the patients, 76% who received care in group visits had at least 9 of these 10 items up to date, as compared with 23% of control patients; 86% of patients in group visits had at least 8 of the 10 indicators compared with 47% of control patients.

CONCLUSIONS—Group visits proved more effective in promoting concordance with ADA standards of care than usual care in the treatment of uninsured or inadequately insured patients with type 2 diabetes.

Abbreviations: ADA, American Diabetes Association • APCC, Adult Primary Care Center • CHCC, Cooperative Health Care Clinics


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