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Table 8 Comparison of diabetes mellitus indicators before and after joining Family Health Groups by region

From: Did changing primary care delivery models change performance? A population based study using health administrative data

Measure

Overall

Major Urban Centres

Non-Major Urban Centres

Rural Centres

 

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Before

After

Eye Examination - 2 years

       

30-39

55.6

28.7*

54.3

28.6*

59.9

28.7*

61.7

29.0*

Male

51.9

29.1*

50.9

29.2*

55.7

28.4*

56.5

31.0*

Female

58.0

28.4*

56.6

28.3*

62.5

28.9*

65.2

27.5*

40-64

69.8

42.6*

69.3

43.2*

71.9

41.2*

69.1

38.7*

Male

67.4

41.1*

67.0

41.6*

69.5

39.8*

66.5

37.6*

Female

72.6

44.4*

72.0

45.0*

74.9

42.8*

72.2

40.0*

65-74

82.7

82.6

82.1

82.0

84.6

84.5

84.8

83.9

Male

81.5

81.2

80.9

80.5

83.4

83.4

82.8

82.0

Female

84.1

84.2

83.3

83.6

86.1

85.8

87.0

86.0

75+

83.3

81.8

82.6

80.9

85.4

84.2

85.0

83.7

Male

84.0

82.5

83.4

81.6

85.7

85.0

85.4

83.8

Female

82.8

81.2

81.9

80.3

85.2

83.6

84.6

83.6

Overall

74.5

59.8*

73.7

59.3*

77.1

61.4*

76.0

60.5*

Male

72.8

58.4*

72.1

57.9*

75.3

60.1*

73.7

58.9*

Female

76.3

61.2*

75.5

60.8*

79.1

62.7*

78.5

62.3*

Metformin - 1 year

        

65-74

75.3

88.3*

74.3

88.7*

78.1

87.0*

76.5

87.6*

Male

74.2

85.9*

72.4

86.2*

78.6

85.3*

77.2

85.5*

Female

76.3

90.4*

76.0

91.0*

77.6

88.8

75.6

89.4*

75 and older

73.9

84.1*

73.8

83.4*

74.4

84.4*

72.3

90.3*

Male

75.5

84.3*

75.0

83.0

78.9

86.8*

64.3

89.7*

Female

72.8

83.9*

73.0

83.7*

71.5

82.6*

75.8

90.7*

Overall

74.8

86.7*

74.1

86.7*

76.8

86.0*

75.2

88.6*

Male

74.6

85.4*

73.2

85.1*

78.7

85.8*

74.6

86.9*

Female

75.0

87.8*

75.0

88.1*

75.1

86.2*

75.7

89.9*

ACE inhibitor - 1 year

        

65-74

67.5

72.5*

67.6

72.5*

66.9

73.0*

67.6

72.0*

Male

68.0

73.5*

68.2

73.4*

67.6

73.9*

67.4

72.8*

Female

66.9

71.5*

67.0

71.4

66.2

71.8

67.8

71.0

75 and older

66.1

71.5*

66.6

72.0*

64.9

70.6

64.2

68.4

Male

65.8

71.3*

66.4

71.9

64.6

70.2

62.9

67.1

Female

66.4

71.8*

66.8

72.2

65.2

70.9

65.3

69.6

Overall

67.0

72.1*

67.3

72.3*

66.2

71.9*

66.3

70.4*

Male

67.3

72.6*

67.6

72.8*

66.6

72.5*

65.8

70.5*

Female

66.7

71.6*

66.9

71.7*

65.7

71.4*

66.7

70.4*

Antihypertensive agent - 1 year

        

65-74

64.9

67.7

64.4

67.1*

65.6

69.0*

68.3

70.7

Male

63.0

66.2

62.7

65.8*

63.4

66.8*

66.2

69.0

Female

66.9

69.4

66.4

68.6

68.1

71.7

70.6

72.8

75 and older

73.8

76.6*

73.5

76.2

74.2

77.1

76.8

80.0*

Male

70.6

74.0

70.4

73.7

70.6

74.1

73.1

77.3

Female

76.3

78.7

75.9

78.3

76.9

79.5

79.8

82.3

Overall

68.2

71.4*

67.7

70.9*

68.9

72.5*

71.6

74.8*

Male

65.5

69.2*

65.2

68.8*

65.8

69.6*

68.6

72.3*

Female

70.8

73.7*

70.2

72.9*

71.9

75.5*

74.6

77.3

Lipid-lowering agent - 1 year

        

65-74

59.3

67.9*

59.9

68.5*

57.5

66.4*

57.2

65.5*

Male

60.2

69.0*

60.7

69.4*

58.9

68.0*

58.5

67.3*

Female

58.2

66.7*

59.0

67.4*

56.0

64.4

55.8

63.3

75 and older

50.1

59.4*

52.2

60.8

44.4

55.8

45.1

53.7

Male

51.0

61.1*

52.8

62.3*

46.2

58.1

46.3

56.4

Female

49.5

58.0*

51.8

59.6

43.0

54.0

44.1

51.4

Overall

55.9

64.3*

57.1

65.3

52.5

61.8*

52.5

60.3*

Male

57.2

66.0*

58.1

66.7*

54.7

64.2*

54.2

62.9*

Female

54.6

62.7*

56.1

63.9

50.4

59.4*

50.8

57.6*

All three - 1 year

        

65-74

35.4

43.0*

35.7

43.2*

34.0

42.4*

36.8

43.0*

Male

36.0

43.9*

36.3

44.2

34.7

43.0*

37.0

43.8

Female

34.8

42.0*

35.1

42.1*

33.3

41.6

36.5

42.0*

75 and older

32.4

40.4*

33.7

41.5

28.6

38.1*

28.5

35.5

Male

32.4

41.0*

33.6

42.1*

29.1

38.6

28.6

36.1*

Female

32.4

39.9*

33.9

41.0

28.2

37.6

28.5

35.0

Overall

34.3

41.9*

35.0

42.5*

32.0

40.5*

33.6

39.7*

Male

34.8

42.8*

35.4

43.4*

32.8

41.3*

34.0

40.7*

Female

33.8

41.1*

34.6

41.6*

31.1

40.0*

33.1

38.7*

  1. * p < 0.001 before/after comparison.