Importance: A shift in the setting of care delivery for children with a new diagnosis of type 1 diabetes led to a reorganization of treatment.
Objective: To determine whether a new diagnosis of pediatric diabetes can be successfully managed in a day hospital model.
Design, Setting, And Participants: This quality improvement study used retrospectively collected data on pediatric patients with a new diagnosis of diabetes who completed an inpatient program for education and insulin titration prospectively compared with patients completing a diabetes day hospital program.