TY - JOUR T1 - Home based care improved glycaemic control and was cost effective in children with type 1 diabetes JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 114 LP - 114 DO - 10.1136/ebn.2.4.114 VL - 2 IS - 4 A2 - , Y1 - 1999/10/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/2/4/114.abstract N2 - Dougherty G, Schiffrin A, White D, et al. Home-based management can achieve intensification cost-effectively in type 1 diabetes. Pediatrics1999 Jan; 103:122–8.OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text Question Is a home based care programme more effective for glycaemic control and more cost effective than conventional hospital based care in children with newly diagnosed type 1 diabetes mellitus? Randomised, unblinded, controlled trial with 3 years follow up.An emergency department of a secondary and tertiary care paediatric teaching hospital in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.63 consecutive children (mean age 10 y, 56% girls) who were newly diagnosed with type 1 diabetes, >2 years of age, living at home and within 1 hour of the hospital, and who had no sibling with type 1 diabetes. Follow up was 100%.Within 72 hours of diagnosis, children were allocated to either home based care (n=32) or hospital based care (n=31). Children allocated to home based care had insulin treatment and … ER -