Diabetes research and clinical practice
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Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract. · Sep 2007
Educational program for diabetic patients in Korea--multidisplinary intensive management.
The socioeconomic burden of type 2 diabetes and its complications has become a big social issue in Korea. And so, the proper management of diabetes in terms of its prevention and management of complications are considered the most important tasks in our healthcare system and these can be accomplished through the multidisciplinary program. Our program is composed of separate educational programs for in-patients and out-patients, individualized teaching, and group teaching. ⋯ As for the healthcare providers, physicians are able to treat their patients more efficiently. Thus, both the patient and the healthcare centers can benefit from this multidisciplinary educational program. Diabetes educational program should be a basis for the management of diabetes.