From: The association between improved quality diabetes indicators, health outcomes and costs: towards constructing a “business case” for quality of diabetes care - a time series study
Indicator
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
P value*
HbA1C > 9%
NM†
13.0
11.1
11.7
9.3
9.2
0.010
LDL Control <100 mg/dl
29.4
30.9
37.7
47.2
50.5
56.7
57.7
<0.001
HbA1C testing
43.8
49.5
54.5
59.0
62.3
64.8
69.6