Diabetes care innovation in the Mexican Institute for Social Insurance: Scaling up the preventive chronic disease care model to address critical coverage constraints

Type 2 diabetes (T2D) affects 9.4 million adults aged 20 years and over in Mexico, equivalent to 13.7% of the total adult population and is the second leading cause of death, contributing with 9% of the total deaths that occur in the country — 100,000 per year [1,2]. Public and private institutions and providers make up the Mexican health system, and the Mexican Institute of Social Insurance (IMSS) covers 31.5 million adults over 20 years, –38% of the country’s total. IMSS covers private sector employees and their families through compulsory affiliation and employs 17,561 general practitioner and 90,587 nurses in primary care nationwide [3].

Source: Primary Care Diabetes - November 14, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Miguel Ángel González Block, Sandra Patricia Díaz Portillo, Hortensia Reyes Morales, Joel Rodríguez Saldaña, Emilio Gutiérrez Calderón Tags: Original research Source Type: research