title: GPs with special interests - impacting on complex diabetes care.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The growing prevalence and impact of type 2 diabetes mellitus is of international concern.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  This article describes an innovative model of complex diabetes care, delivered by advanced skill general practitioners supported by an endocrinologist and diabetes educator within a general practice setting.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Initial evaluation suggests a trend to better glycaemic control compared with the alternative available hospital outpatient care at a reduced delivery cost. A futuristic, integrated community/specialist model, delivered within a general practice setting, can deliver significant gains for Australians who have complex type 2 diabetes mellitus.
authors.affiliation: Discipline of General Practice, The University of Queensland, Austria. uq.edu.au
authors.forename: Claire
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Jackson
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tsai
authors.forename: Cathy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Deborah
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Askew
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Russell
mesh_terms: D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000628:therapy*; D004704:Endocrinology; D058005:General Practitioners; D006801:Humans; D033183:Interdisciplinary Communication; D019982:Organizational Case Studies; D010353:Patient Education as Topic; D011793:Queensland