title: Home care for diabetic children: keeping children out of hospital.
abstract: This article examines how home care for diabetic children resident in the Azienda Sanitaria Locale (Local Health Centre) of Cesena is organised. It outlines the tasks the Diabetes Health Visitor Nurse carries out, the times and ways of execution, and the methods for analysing the effectiveness of the service. Finally, some of the results achieved through the activation of this new service have been included, among which the fact that the average number of days a child is kept in hospital at the clinical onset of diabetes has dropped from 10 to 5.
authors.affiliation: Department of Paediatrics, M. Bufalini Hospital, Cesena, Italy.
authors.forename: Giancarlo
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Cerasoli
authors.forename: Morena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Zondini
authors.forename: Mauro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pocecco
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D015190:Blood Glucose Self-Monitoring; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003152:Community Health Nursing; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000451:nursing*; D005192:Family Health; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006760:Hospitalization / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006792:House Calls; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007328:Insulin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000627:therapeutic use; D007558:Italy; D008297:Male; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration; D010348:Patient Care Team; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014505:Urban Population
chemical_list: D007328:Insulin