Table 2.
Summary of care quality trends over years and CQI cycles in Northern Territory and Queensland
| Area of Care | Trend over time | Trend over CQI cycles | Variation over CQI cycles |
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| NT | QLD | NT | QLD | NT | QLD | |
| Diabetes | ↑ | ~ | ↑ | ~ | * | ~ |
| Preventive | ↑ | ~ | ↑ | ~ | ~ | ~ |
| Child | ↑ | ↓ | ↑ | ~ | ~ | ~ |
| Maternal | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | ↑ | * | ~ |
Legend: (↑) improvement, (~) no change, (↓) decrease, (*) reduced variation.
CQI, continuous quality improvement; NT, Northern Territory; QLD, Queensland.
See online supplementary additional file 2 for more detailed data.