The nurse specialist as main care-provider for patients with type 2 diabetes in a primary care setting: effects on patient outcomes

H.J.M. Vrijhoef; J.P.M. Diederiks; C. Spreeuwenberg; B.H.R. Wolffenbuttel; L.J.P.G. van Wilderen

doi:10.1016/S0020-7489(01)00046-3

The nurse specialist as main care-provider for patients with type 2 diabetes in a primary care setting: effects on patient outcomes

H.J.M. Vrijhoef^*, J.P.M. Diederiks, C. Spreeuwenberg, B.H.R. Wolffenbuttel, L.J.P.G. van Wilderen

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Department of Health Care Studies, University of Maastricht, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD, Netherlands. b.vrijhoef@zw.unimaas.nl

A solution to safeguard high quality diabetes care may be to allocate care to the nurse specialist. By using a one group pretest-posttest design with additional comparisons, this study evaluated effects on patient outcomes of a shared care model with the diabetes nurse as main care-provider for patients with type 2 diabetes in a primary care setting. The shared care model resulted in an improved glycaemic control, additional consultations and other outcomes being equivalent to diabetes care before introduction, with the general practitioner as main care-provider. Assignment of care for patients with type 2 diabetes to nurse specialists seems to be justified.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	441-451
Number of pages	11
Journal	International Journal of Nursing Studies
Volume	39
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/S0020-7489(01)00046-3
Publication status	Published - 1 Jan 2002

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