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- Safety net urban hospitals are facing a growing influx of diabetic patients, primarily seeking help through emergency services, creating concerns about the effectiveness of traditional chronic care models in acute settings.
- A study was conducted involving 1,098 diabetic patients without primary care at an urgent care clinic in Chicago to assess whether a restructured care model could effectively manage their diabetes.
- Results showed significant improvements in key health metrics, including reduced A1c levels, blood pressure, cholesterol, and increased medication adherence, confirming the model's feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness for uninsured patients.
Article Abstract
Background: Safety net urban hospitals are being overwhelmed by an increasing number of patients with diabetes, who frequently only access the health system through visits to emergency departments and urgent care clinics. It is uncertain whether the chronic care model advocated for diabetes care would be feasible and effective for managing diabetes in an acute care setting.
Objective: Determine if redesigning the system of care for treating diabetic patients who do not have primary care doctors is feasible, acceptable to patients and effectively lowers patients' haemoglobin A1c, blood pressure and cholesterol levels.
Design: Prospective single cohort study.
Patients: A total of 1098 consecutive diabetic patients presenting to an urgent care clinic at an urban safety net public hospital in Chicago between October 2004 and April 2006 who had a haemoglobin A1c measured at baseline.
Intervention: Adapt the chronic care model for managing diabetes to the acute care setting of an urgent care clinic to manage uninsured patients with diabetes who do not have primary care.
Results: Among the 1098 patients, 833 (76%) had a repeat A1c during the 2- to 12-month follow-up period. On average, A1c values decreased by 1.5 percentage points; systolic blood pressure decreased by 9 mmHg; low-density lipoprotein cholesterol decreased 11 points; and weight decreased 2.3 pounds (all: P < 0.001). The percentage using angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor drugs increased from 45% to 83%; aspirin use increased from 38% to 83%; and statin use increased from 34% to 76%.
Conclusions: This novel chronic care model for diabetes care of uninsured patients without primary care doctors was feasible, acceptable and effective in increasing the quality of diabetes care and decreasing haemoglobin A1c, blood pressure, cholesterol and weight.
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