title: Audit of diabetic care in a saudi primary care setting.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To audit the care offered to diabetic patients attending the Family and Community Medicine Clinic (FAMCO), King Faisal University, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA).
  
  
  METHODS
  A cross-sectional study of medical records of 45 diabetic patients who regularly visited the clinic during a one-year period from June 1997 to May 1998.
  
  
  METHODS
  Patients who presented at the clinic because of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (type II).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The level of care for diabetic patients was relatively inappropriate, and some important parameters were under-recorded. Specific measures to improve and promote diabetic care in FAMCO clinics need to be undertaken. These include formulating and using protocols for diabetes management and better training of health-care providers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Family and Community Medicine, College of Medicine, King Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mangoud
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mandil
authors.forename: A A
authors.initials: AA
authors.lastname: Bahnassy
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Al-Sebiany
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Kurashi