Project of diabetes centers network in Pomorskie

Abstract

Introduction. Diabetes is an important health and economical problem in Poland. Pomorskie Region has a population of about 110.000 adult diabetics. Every fourth of them is unaware of having the disease. It is estimated that the number of people with diabetes in Poland will rapidly increase due to population aging.

Aim. The aim of this article is to describe the optimal model of diabetes centers network in Pomorskie to reduce the number of hospitalizations of patients with diabetes and to improve outpatient care. Material and methods. Data of hospital care of diabetics in Pomorskie from National Health Service and from the University Clinical Centre in Gdansk was evaluated and compared to the current guidelines. Then defects of current healthcare on diabetics was indicated. Finally, the model of diabetes centers network in Pomorskie was proposed.

Results. Results are presented separately for hospital and outpatient care. The network of four hospitals was proposed depending of the financial needs, required equipment and staff. In outpatient care several solutions was suggested, e.g. healthcare for young people with type 1 diabetes, pregnant women and patients with diabetic foot syndrome.