Diabetes healthcare strategies.
This article describes and contrasts two approaches to planning strategies for diabetes care. These are the 'epidemiologically based healthcare needs assessment' and 'marginal analysis'. Both have their advantages and disadvantages. The most effective way of planning services is likely to be a pragmatic combination of these two approaches.
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Nuffield Institute, 71-75 Clarendon Road, Leeds LS2 9PL, UK. hssdrrw@leeds.ac.uk
D003695:Delivery of Health Care; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D004812:Epidemiologic Methods; D019317:Evidence-Based Medicine / Q000379:methods; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006801:Humans; D010347:Patient Care Planning