Open AccessThe use of insulin for early diagnosed patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in primary health care in Indonesia: a general practitioner's perspective
Author(s) -
Muhammad Firman Akbar,
Yessie Hulwatul Ilmi
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
journal of medical and allied sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2231-170X
pISSN - 2231-1696
DOI - 10.5455/jmas.256922
Subject(s) - medicine , perspective (graphical) , primary care , type 2 diabetes mellitus , primary health care , diabetes mellitus , type 2 diabetes , insulin , family medicine , intensive care medicine , pediatrics , nursing , endocrinology , environmental health , population , artificial intelligence , computer science
Indonesia, one of the greatest population countries, contributes a sig-nificant increase of global prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus. The need of insulin treatment is significantly rising as many cases do not meet the recommended glycemic target with oral glycemic lowering drug (OGLD). However, there is a discrepancy between guidelines is-sued by the Ministry of Health of Indonesia through national formulary and the Indonesian Medical Council through Indonesian medical stan-dard of competency. Here, we described our point of view about the situation of diabetes mellitus in Indonesia, a matter of insulin availability in public health centre, and recommendations to solve this issue. [J Med Allied Sci 2017; 7(1.000): 72-73