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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2021, Practice Incentives Program Quality Improvement Measures: National report on the first year of data 2020-21, viewed 29 May 2023, https://www.aihw.gov.au/reports/primary-health-care/pipqi-measures-national-report-2020-21
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death in people with diabetes, making regular assessment, prevention and management of CVD risk factors such as blood pressure, lipid levels etc. a vital part of diabetes care. For people with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, managing blood pressure can help assure appropriate medical care to lower the risk of macro vascular (stroke, heart attack and heart failure) and microvascular (kidney disease, eye disease and peripheral neuropathy) complications (RACGP 2020).
Some patients with diabetes may receive care from other practitioners in addition to a GP including an endocrinologist/a specialist physician, and/or other health care providers to safely manage their diabetes (RACGP 2020). Results arising from clinical intervention conducted outside of the service that are known and recorded by the practice are included in the measure. However, sometimes blood pressure recorded elsewhere (for example, specialist service) is not recorded in the clinical information system of the client’s usual general practice (for example, due to incompatible clinical information system between a practice and a specialist service), meaning that these data will not be captured in the report.
Data on prevalence of long-term health conditions like diabetes are captured in the National Health Survey (NHS) conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). There are other administrative data collections where the data from these client-provider interactions are captured, e.g. Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS), the National Diabetes Service Scheme (NDSS) register, the Australasian Paediatric Endocrine Groups (APEG) state and territory registers etc.
This indicator reports on the proportion of regular clients who have Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes, or an undefined diabetes diagnosis, hereafter described as diabetes who had blood pressure recorded in their GP record within the previous 6 months.
As of July 2021, nationally, 58.7% of regular clients with diabetes who had blood pressure recorded in their GP record within the previous 6 months. This varied from 51.4% to 66.4% across PHNs.
Nationally, between October 2020 and July 2021, the proportion of regular clients with diabetes who had blood pressure recorded in their GP record within the previous 6 months, increased by 6.7% from 52.0% to 58.7%.
As of July 2021, nationally, the proportion of regular clients with diabetes who had blood pressure recorded in their GP record within the previous 6 months increased with age and was:
RACGP 2020b. Management of type 2 diabetes: A handbook for general practice. East Melbourne, Vic: RACGP. Viewed 12 August 2021.
Department of Health 2017. National Key Performance Indicators for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander primary health care - Data Validation Project Report. Canberra: Department of Health.
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