Health care services provided to type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients in Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Metib S. Alotaibi, Amira M. Youssef, Hamad A. Al-Manaa, Khalid Al-Rubeaan, Ali A. Al-Gamdi, Ahmad H. Al-Sharqawi, Khaled H. Aburisheh, Tawfik A. Khoja |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Adolescent Cross-sectional study media_common.quotation_subject education Saudi Arabia lcsh:Medicine Young Adult Health services Health insurance system Nursing Surveys and Questionnaires Diabetes mellitus Health care Humans Medicine Child Empowerment Aged media_common Aged 80 and over business.industry lcsh:R Infant Newborn Infant General Medicine Health Services Middle Aged Private sector Payment medicine.disease Health Surveys Cross-Sectional Studies Diabetes Mellitus Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Type 2 Child Preschool Family medicine Female Original Article Health Expenditures business |
| Zdroj: | Saudi Medical Journal Saudi Medical Journal, Vol 36, Iss 10, Pp 1216-1225 (2015) |
| ISSN: | 1658-3175 0379-5284 1216-1225 |
| DOI: | 10.15537/smj.2015.10.12596 |
| Popis: | Objectives: To assess health care services provided to type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients and diabetes health care expenditure in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Methods: This study was part of a nationwide, household, population based cross-sectional survey conducted at the University Diabetes Center, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia between January 2007 and December 2009 covering 13 administrative regions of the Kingdom. Using patients’ interview questionnaires, health care services data were collected by trained staff. Results: A total of 5,983 diabetic patients were chosen to assess health care services and expenditure. Approximately 92.2% of health services were governmental and the remaining 7.8% were in private services. The mean annual number of visits to physicians was 6.5±3.9 and laboratories was 5.1±3.9. Diabetic patients required one admission every 3 years with a mean admission duration of 13.3±28.3 days. General practitioners managed 85.9% of diabetic cases alone, or shared with internists and/or endocrinologists. Health care expenditure was governmental in 90% of cases, while it was personal in 7.7% or based on insurance payment in 2.3%. Conclusion: Health services and its expenditure provided to diabetic citizens in Saudi Arabia are mainly governmental. Empowerment of the role of both the private sector and health insurance system is badly needed, aside from implementing proper management guidelines to deliver good services at different levels. Saudi Med J 2015; Vol. 36 (10): 1216-1225 doi: 10.15537/smj.2015.10.12596 |
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