Malcolm, Janine CMaranger, JulieTaljaard, MonicaShah, BaijuTailor, ChetnaLiddy, ClareKeely, ErinOoi, Teik2015-04-132015-04-132013-08-102013-08-1010.1186/1472-6963-13-303http://www.biomedcentral.com/1472-6963/13/303http://hdl.handle.net/10393/32215Continuity of care is essential for good quality diabetes management. We recently found that 46% of patients defaulted from care (had no contact with the clinic for 18 months after a follow-up appointment was ordered) in a Canadian multidisciplinary tertiary care diabetes clinic. The primary aim was to compare characteristics, diabetes processes of care, and outcomes from referral to within 1 year after leaving clinic or to the end of the follow-up period among those patients who defaulted, were discharged or were retained in the clinic.enArticle10.1186/1472-6963-13-303