Table 1

Descriptive statistics for patient cases with diabetes and hospital departments included in the study (2010–2013) (hospital departments are grouped by type of implemented accreditation)

Group 1*Group 2*Group 3*Group 4*
National compliance rates for measuring albuminuria (%)
 2010 (total %=91.6%)79.3%89.9%95.8%95.5%
 2011 (total %=94.3%)93.0%95.3%96.6%94.3%
 2012 (total %=96.5%)96.8%97.0%96.2%96.4%
 2013 (total %=96%)94.5%95.7%93.1%96.5%
Patient cases (% of the total)
 2010 (total N=28 073)20.5410.264.9664.24
 2011 (total N=38 224)13.307.954.7474.02
 2012 (total N=35 920)13.409.985.2871.33
 2013 (total N=35 676)13.835.905.5274.76
Departments (N)
 2010 (N=40)57424
 2011 (N=42)57426
 2012 (N=42)57426
 2013 (N=57)77835
Gender—females (%)
 201041.239.740.842.3
 201140.840.641.241.5
 201240.839.340.242.0
 201340.137.640.441.7
Age—median
 201060.0061.6161.0058.72
 201159.0062.6961.0059.00
 201260.0063.4061.0058.09
 201361.0063.0462.0058.20
  • *Group 1: hospitals accredited by the American model (Joint Commission International (JCI)) in 2002–2014, then by the Danish Quality Model (DDKM) in 2012–2015. Group 2: hospitals accredited by JCI in 2011–2014, then by DDKM in 2012–2015. Group 3: small hospitals accredited by the British model (Health Quality Service) in 2003–2010, then by DDKM in 2010–2015. Group 4: hospitals that were accredited for the first time by DDKM between 2010–2011 and 2015.