Comprehensive Care in Type 1 Diabetes and Associated Outcomes

The attention is carried out in a single physical place, in the city of Medellin. The scheme of intervention in the comprehensive Diabetes Clinic is based on the concept of disease management. The intervention is composed of 5 phases, which apply to all the patients cared for in the institution (access, reception, entry, clinical consultation, management plan, education, pharmaceutical care). The healthcare team consists of 5 endocrinologists, an endocrinologist pediatrician, 7 general practitioners trained in diabetes, 5 pharmacists trained in diabetes and certified in education for patients with diabetes and 3 nutritionists.

The patients are treated in the cardiovascular risk clinic (general practitioners) of their Primary Healthcare Provider Institution or by specialists in internal medicine, pediatrics or endocrinology in the different Provider Institutions of Health Services of the insurance service network of health or in private doctors' offices assigned to the insurer. In some cases there is assisted consultation (general practitioner - specialist). There is no defined periodicity for follow-up; Appointments are assigned to need, according to the criteria of the treating physicians. In some cases there is remission to educational activities, not necessarily focused on type 1 diabetes.