Auditing chronic disease care: Does it make a difference?

• Main Authors: Vivien Essel (Author), Unita Van Vuuren (Author), Angela De Sa (Author), Srini Govender (Author), Katie Murie (Author), Arina Schlemmer (Author), Colette Gunst (Author), Mosedi Namane (Author), Andrew Boulle (Author), Elma De Vries (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: AOSIS, 2015-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Background: An integrated audit tool was developed for five chronic diseases, namely diabetes, hypertension, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and epilepsy. Annual audits have been done in the Western Cape Metro district since 2009. The year 2012 was the first year that all six districts...