Quality Standards for Diabetes Care Toolkit

Assessment tools

The Ministry of Health target ‘more heart and diabetes checks’ requires quarterly reporting of assessments and DHBs are ranked on their performance. Ranking from 1 to 20 is based on the percentage of completed cardiovascular risk assessments for all eligible persons within the last five years with a goal of 90 percent. Quality measures based on the New Zealand guidelines are as follows.

Process

The proportion of people with diabetes who have received a cardiovascular risk assessment in line with recommendations.

Numerator	The number of people in the denominator receiving a cardiovascular risk assessment in line with recommendations
Denominator	The number of people with diabetes

The proportion of people with diabetes with a combined risk >20% who are on a statin.

Numerator	The number of people in the denominator who are on a statin
Denominator	The number of people with diabetes with a combined risk factor >20%