Table 2.
Characteristics of health centres and patients with Type 2 diabetes by jurisdiction (number & (%))
| Far West New South Wales | Northern Territory | Queensland | South Australia | Western Australia | Total | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total number health centres | 6 | 62 | 44 | 6 | 14 | 132 | |
| Location | Very remote | 2 (33) | 51 (82) | 29 (66) | 2 (33) | 5 (36) | 89 (67) |
| Remote | 1 (17) | 9 (15) | 4 (9) | 0 | 2 (14) | 16 (12) | |
| Non-remote | 3 (50) | 2 (3) | 11 (25) | 4 (67) | 7 (50) | 27 (20) | |
| Governance | Government | 0 | 44 (71) | 44 (100) | 3 (50) | 6 (43) | 97 (73) |
| Community-controlled | 6 (100) | 18 (29) | 0 | 3 (50) | 8 (57) | 35 (27) | |
| Service Population | ≤500 | 2 (33) | 35 (56) | 18 (41) | 1 (17) | 2 (14) | 58 (44) |
| 501-999 | 1 (17) | 12 (19) | 11 (25) | 2 (33) | 0 | 26 (20) | |
| ≥1000 | 3 (50) | 15 (24) | 15 (34) | 3 (50) | 12 (86) | 48 (36) | |
| Mean % (and range) clients that did not attend in last 6 months | 21 (3–47) | 4 (0–22) | 12 (0–45) | 25 (12–49) | 17 (0–50) | 10 (0–50) | |
| Duration of participation in ABCD CQI | <1 year | 0 | 14 (23) | 12 (27) | 2 (33) | 4 (29) | 32 (24) |
| 1-2 years | 0 | 26 (42) | 19 (43) | 4 (67) | 6 (43) | 55 (42) | |
| >3 years | 6 (100) | 22 (35) | 13 (30) | 0 | 4 (29) | 45 (34) | |
| Number of patient records audited | 936 | 4849 | 3407 | 333 | 1149 | 10674 | |
| Age (years) mean & (range) | 57 (19–94) | 50 (15–91) | 54 (15–97) | 52 (16–86) | 52 (17–88) | 52 (15–97) | |
| Gender | Male | 441 (47) | 1925 (40) | 1587 (47) | 136 (41) | 472 (41) | 4561 (43) |
| Female | 495 (53) | 2924 (60) | 1820 (53) | 197 (59) | 677 (59) | 6113 (57) | |
| Indigenous status | Indigenous | 514 (55) | 4684 (97) | 2347 (69) | 313 (94) | 1071 (93) | 8929 (84) |
| Non-indigenous | 384 (41) | 127 (3) | 591 (17) | 20 (6) | 56 (5) | 1178 (11) | |
| Not recorded | 38 (4) | 38 (1) | 469 (14) | 0 | 22 (2) | 567 (5) | |
| Two or more co-morbidities | 770 (82) | 3570 (74) | 2326 (68) | 210 (63) | 677 (59) | 7553 (71) | |
| Complications | No complications | 781 (83) | 4185 (86) | 2832 (83) | 302 (91) | 1000 (87) | 9100 (85) |
| 1-2 complications | 148 (16) | 613 (13) | 510 (15) | 27 (8) | 134 (12) | 1432 (13) | |
| >2 complications | 7 (1) | 51 (1) | 65 (2) | 4 (1) | 15 (1) | 142 (1) | |