The high burden of inpatient diabetes mellitus: The melbourne public hospitals diabetes inpatient audit

Abstract

Objective: To determine the prevalence of diabetes in inpatients in Melbourne hospitals. Design: Point prevalence survey of all inpatients in each hospital on a single day between 30 November 2010 and 22 November 2012. Setting: 11 hospitals in metropolitan Melbourne including community, secondary and tertiary hospitals and one aged care and rehabilitation centre. Participants: 2308 adult inpatients in all wards apart from intensive care, emergency, obstetrics and psychiatry. Main outcome measures: Point prevalence of self-reported diabetes, details of current medication, self-reported frequency of complications. Results: Diabetes status was obtained in 2273 of 2308 inpatients (98.5%). Of the..