Community Oriented Primary Care.

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Auditing chronic disease care: Does it make a difference?

Background: An integrated audit tool was developed for five chronic diseases, namely diabetes, hypertension, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and epilepsy. Annual audits have been done in the Western Cape Metro district since 2009. The year 2012 was the first year that all six districts in South Africa's Western Cape Province participated in the audit process.

An analysis of blood pressure measurement in a primary care hospital in Swaziland.

Background: Measurement of blood pressure (BP) is done poorly because of both human and machine errors.

Aim: To assess the difference between BP recorded in a pragmatic way and that recorded using standard guidelines; to assess differences between wrist- and mercury sphygmomanometerbased readings; and to assess the impact on clinical decision-making.

Setting: Royal Swaziland Sugar Corporation Mhlume hospital, Swaziland.