Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 101-103, June 2008

Primary care diabetes in Spain

  • Domingo Orozco-Beltran

      Affiliations

    • Cathedra of Family Medicine, Clinical Medicine Department, University Miguel Hernandez, San Juan de Alicante, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 665347768.
    • ,
  • F. Xavier Cos-Claramunt

      Affiliations

    • Sant Martí Primary Health Care Centre, Catalonian Health Institute, Barcelona, Spain

Received 29 January 2008; accepted 17 March 2008. published online 08 May 2008.

Abstract 

Spain, has a National Health System where Primary and Secondary (outpatient, hospital) care are accessible free of charge for all population. The prevalence of diabetes has risen from 6% in the 1990s to higher than 10% in 2007. In the 1990s, family physicians (FPs) have become the reference physician for diabetic patients. Each FP has on their patients list about 100–150 type 2 diabetic patients that are attended for routine care. In 2006 a National Strategy for Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment of Diabetes has been initiated. In 2008 the programme will be evaluated.

Keywords: Diabetes mellitus, Epidemiology, Primary care, Family physician

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PII: S1751-9918(08)00030-2

doi:10.1016/j.pcd.2008.03.001

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 2, Issue 2 , Pages 101-103, June 2008

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