Diabetes domain

The Atlas of Healthcare Variation (Te Tāhū Hauora Health Quality & Safety Commission) displays easy-to-use maps, graphs, tables and commentaries that highlight variations by geographic area in the provision and use of specific health services and health outcomes.

The goal of this Atlas of Healthcare Variation domain is to investigate the quality of care given to people with diabetes. The data is not intended to form a basis for judgement or definitive statements of quality, rather to raise questions about potential areas for quality improvement.

Name Description Data sources Responsible organisation(s) Measure methodology last updated
People with diabetes regularly receiving any hypoglycaemic medication in the relevant year

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes receiving any hypoglycaemic medication regularly. Regular use was defined as hypoglycaemic medication dispensed in three or more quarters in a year

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes regularly receiving sulfonylureas

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes receiving sulfonylureas (glibenclamide, gliclazide and glipizide) regularly. Regular use was defined as sulfonylureas dispensed in three or more quarters in a year.

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes regularly receiving dulaglutide

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes receiving dulaglutide regularly. Regular use was defined as dulaglutide dispensed in three or more quarters in a year.

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes regularly receiving empagliflozin

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes receiving empagliflozin regularly. Regular use was defined as empagliflozin dispensed in three or more quarters in a year.

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes regularly receiving vildagliptin

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes receiving vildagliptin regularly. Regular use was defined as vildagliptin dispensed in three or more quarters in a year.

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
Prevalence of diabetes

This indicator shows the number and percent of the PHO enrolled New Zealand population recorded as having diabetes in the VDR.

PHO Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes regularly receiving insulin in the relevant year

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes dispensed insulin regularly. Regular use was defined as insulin dispensed in three or more quarters in a year.

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes regularly receiving metformin in the relevant year

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes receiving metformin regularly. Regular use was defined as metformin dispensed in three or more quarters in a year. 

Pharmaceutical Collection (PHARMS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes having a lower-limb amputation

This indicator shows the number and percent of people with diabetes undergoing a lower-limb amputation.

National Minimum Dataset (NMDS), Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024
People with diabetes admitted one or more times to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis

This measure shows the percentage of people with diabetes admitted to hospital with diabetic ketoacidosis as the primary diagnosis.

National Minimum Dataset (NMDS), Primary Health Organisation (PHO) Enrolment Collection, Virtual Diabetes Register (VDR) Health Quality & Safety Commission | Te Tāhū Hauora June 2024