Structured nursing follow-up: does it help in diabetes care?

Table 2 Number of family physician’s visits per year (average ± SD)*

	Physician only follow-up	Supplemental nursing follow-up	P-value
2005	3.8 ± 3.8	6.8 ± 4.6	<0.001
2006	4.3 ± 3.9	7.3 ± 4.9	<0.001
2007	4.9 ± 3.8	7.2 ± 5.0	<0.001
Complete 3 years follow-up average visits per year	5.0 ± 3.4	7.7 ± 4.5	<0.001

*The differences did not change when adjusted for patients characteristics (age, gender, SES, immigrants, BMI, no. of chronic diseases).

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