title: Priorities for diabetes primary care in Europe.
abstract: The European Forum for Primary Care (EFPC) held a consultation process among European experts and identified the elements considered to be essential for high quality diabetes care. More attention should go to diabetes prevention. An interdisciplinary team should provide comprehensive shared care, focused on patient empowerment. The further development of ICT is important to facilitate communication and quality monitoring. The EFPC argues the case for a primary care-centred approach to ensure equity and cost-effectiveness. But this is only possible with a strong primary care infrastructure. In many European countries important investments are needed to strengthen primary care.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family Medicine and Primary Health Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium. lveygen@skynet.be
authors.forename: Van
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Eygen Luk
authors.forename: Sunaert
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Patricia
authors.forename: Feyen
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Luc
authors.forename: Borgermans
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Liesbeth
authors.forename: De Maeseneer
authors.initials: de M
authors.lastname: Jan
mesh_terms: D003362:Cost-Benefit Analysis; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy*; D005060:Europe; D006801:Humans; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011787:Quality of Health Care