Quality of Diabetes Care in Italy: Information From a Large Population- Based Multiregional Observatory (ARNO Diabetes).

The article presents a study on the quality of diabetes care indicators in a large, representative multiregional population-based cohort of people living in Italy. The study found that 42 percent of the patients examined did not have their hemoglobin A1c measured for over a year. The study also found that a very low proportion of patients in whom microalbuminuria was tested in spite of its role as a strong predictor of cardiovascular diseases and dialysis.