Quality criteria/key components for high quality of diabetes management to avoid diabetes-related complications

Aim The aim of this review shoud be to map data and to identify quality indicators for good practices for diabetes management and secondary prevention, specifically of type 2 diabetes. Methods To achieve this aim we performed the following steps: (i) a literature review on evaluation criteria, (ii) selection of quality criteria and key components for high quality of care, (iii) creation of a checklist to identify the best practice of diabetes management based on the detected criteria. Results The literature search about the quality indicators for diabetes care resulted in the following: identifying of key components and quality indicators for structure, process and outcome quality. Conclusions The set of quality criteria will be discussed and used to identify the best practice diabetes management programs for secondary prevention of type 2 diabetes.

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The aim of this review is to identify quality indicators for diabetes management and secondary prevention of type 2 diabetes through literature review and checklist creation. The study resulted in identifying key components and quality indicators for structure, process, and outcome quality in diabetes care. The set of quality criteria will be used to identify best practice diabetes management programs.