ID-5184 Wonca Abstracts supplement A-K 13-10-23 - Flipbook - Page 19
WONCA 2023 Supplement 1: WONCA 2023 abstracts (A–K)
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Providing best care for people diagnosed with diabetes
by integrating specialists and general practitioners in the
primary care setting
A/Prof Shamasunder Acharya1, Alexis Hure2
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Hunter New England Local Health District, 2University of Newcastle, Hunter Research Institute
Aim
There have been significant advances in knowledge, technology and drug treatments for type 2
diabetes over the last two decades. However, the benefits for patients, society and the economy are
yet to be fully realised, through improved diabetes management and patient outcomes. The aim of this
study was to test whether a specialist-led model of care integrated in general practice led to spillover
benefits in all patients with type 2 diabetes in the general practices.
Content
Seventy-two general practice sites (clusters), including 22,706 active patients with type 2 diabetes,
received the Diabetes Alliance intervention, forming a non-randomised stepped wedge trial. The
intervention included case conferencing, delivered directly to