Abstract

FERNANDEZ GONZALEZ, Lisbeth; RODRIGUEZ SALVA, Armando; SEUC JO, Armando  and  DIAZ PINERA, Addys. Assessing the Structure for Assisting Type 2 Diabetic Patients. Rev. Finlay [online]. 2018, vol.8, n.4, pp. 274-283. ISSN 2221-2434.

Foundation: type 2 diabetes in Cuba constitutes an increasing health problem. For the continued improvement of the assistant quality provided to these patients, it is necessary to identify the patients health problems, upon the evaluations, where the structure and the improvements in the access to resources are also taken into account. Objective: to assess the structure of the Community Polyclinic José Antonio Echeverría of Cárdenas for assisting diabetic patients. Method: an evaluation research in health systems was developed using a sampling by stratified two stage conglomerate. The studied variables were related to coverage of human resources, training and availability of material resources. The instruments applied were built and validated by experts. Numbers and percentages were calculated in percentages as a summary measure for qualitative variables by statistic package SSPS. Results: eleven out of nineteen indicators were satisfactory, representing 57 %, so this dimension was evaluated as insufficient. Conclusion: the structure resulted insufficient, there were material, structural, functional and methodological problems which influenced the quality of the services provided to diabetic patients.

Keywords : structure of services; health services; quality of health services; diabetes melllitus, type 2.

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