ArticleSaudi medical journal2015
Health care services provided to type 1 and type 2 diabetic patients in Saudi Arabia.
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- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices Toward Weight Management Among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Saudi Arabia: A Cross-Sectional Study.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- From inequalities to solutions: an explanatory sequential study on type 2 diabetes health services utilization.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- A Scoping Review of Possible Solutions for Decreasing Socioeconomic Inequalities in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus.International journal of preventive medicine · 2024Article
- Establishing the Saudi pediatric and youth diabetes registry: initial data and challenges.Sudanese journal of paediatrics · 2024Article
- Current gaps in management and timely referral of cardiorenal complications among people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Middle East and African countries: Expert recommendations.Journal of diabetes · 2022Review
- Are Physicians in Saudi Arabia Ready for Patients with an Insulin Pump? An Examination of Physician Knowledge and Attitude.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectivesTo 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).
methodsThis 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.
resultsA 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%.
conclusionHealth 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.
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