Table 1.

A Selection of Studies Comparing Processes of Diabetes Care Between Specialists and Generalists

Study	Process measure	Performance rate by specialists (%)	Performance rate by generalists (%)
Lafata et al.1	Measuring lipid profile	77	70
	Measuring A1c	84	58
	Eye examination	51	33
	All three	35	16
Greenfield et al.12	Measuring lipid profile	45	51
	Measuring urine protein	58	42
	Measuring A1c	90	79
	Eye examination	41	34
	Blood glucose self-monitoring	83	73
De Berardis et al.14	Measuring total cholesterol	66	66
	Measuring microalbuminuria	53	31
	Measuring A1c	73	43
	Eye examination	55	38
	Foot examination	52	40
Shah et al.15	Drug escalation in response to poor glycemic control	45	37
Schaars et al.16	Measuring blood pressure	73*

*Indicates the performance rate in the whole study population, as the performance rate by group was not reported separately.