Globally, the number of people with diabetes mellitus has quadrupled in the past three
decades, and diabetes mellitus is the ninth major cause of death. About 1 in 11 adults …

India is one of the epicentres of the global diabetes mellitus pandemic. Rapid
socioeconomic development and demographic changes, along with increased susceptibility …

The World Health Organization (WHO) has reported that Saudi Arabia ranks the second
highest in the Middle East, and is seventh in the world for the rate of diabetes. It is estimated …

Abstract Purpose of Review Latin America is the scenario of great inequalities where about
32 million human beings live with diabetes. Through this review, we aimed at describing the …

The pandemic of chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs) poses substantial challenges
to the health financing sustainability in high-income and low/middle income countries …

Patient empowerment is a continuous process in which knowledge, motivation, and capacity
to take control of their disease are built within a person. This concept is not always well …

BACKGROUND The financial implications of the increase in the prevalence of diabetes in
middle–income countries represents one of the main challenges to health system financing …

Background Given that most evidence-based recommendations for managing type 2
diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are generated in high-income settings, significant challenges for …

Background Socioeconomic differences in health in Brazil are largely driven by differences
in educational attainment. In this paper, we assess whether educational gradients in chronic …

ABSTRACT OBJECTIVE To analyze the epidemiological and economic burden of the health
services demand due to diabetes and hypertension in Mexico. METHODS Evaluation study …