Background: Higher primary care physician supply is associated with lower mortality due to
heart disease, cancer and stroke, but its relation to diabetes care and outcomes is unknown …

Aim To determine if hospital admission rates for diabetes complications (acute
complications, chronic complications, no complications and hypoglycaemia) were …

High-quality primary care for diabetes patients may be related to lowered hospital
admissions. A systematic search was performed to assess the impact of structure, process …

Background: A relationship between higher patient volume and both better quality of care
and better outcomes has been shown for many acute care conditions. Whether a volume …

This article discusses how the primary care physician shortage impacts health outcomes,
specifically diabetes. The effect of the availability of primary care physicians on diabetes …

Background The prevalence of diabetes mellitus and its complications is higher among First
Nations people and people with low socio-economic status (SES). Previous studies in …

Importance Recent US health care reforms incentivize improved population health outcomes
and primary care functions. It remains unclear how much improving primary care physician …

Objective: The objective of this study was to compare health care utilization and costs
among diabetes patients with physician, nurse practitioner (NP), or physician assistant (PA) …

Background: Primary care networks are a newer model of primary care that focuses on
improved access to care and the use of multidisciplinary teams for patients with chronic …

Background: Few comparisons exist of the quality of primary care provided by nurse
practitioners (NPs) versus physicians. Methods: Patients with a diagnosis of diabetes in …