Disease management programme for diabetes mellitus in Nepal

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 176, 2009, Pages 281-286

  Dulal, R K ^a   Karki, S ^b  

^a Patan Academy of Health Sciences   (Nepal)

^b Nepal Medical Association   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Disease management programme; Innovative services; Projection

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; NEPAL; PREVALENCE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; NEPAL; PREVALENCE;

EID: 79952278666     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.289     Document Type: Article

References (26)

1. WHO. Why invest in health research? Historical experience and the promise of science in Investing in Health Research and Development. Geneva: World Health Organization; 1996. p. 1.
2. WHO. 2008-2013 Action Plan for the Global Strategy for the Prevention and Control of Noncommunicable Diseases. WHO Document Production Services. Geneva, Switzerland: World Health Organization; 2008.
3. Non communicable Diseases, Poverty and the Development Agenda. In: ECOSOC/UNESCWA/WHO. Addressing non communicable diseases and injuries: major challenges to sustainable development in the 21st century. Proceedings of the Western Asia Ministerial Meeting; 2009 May 5; Doha, Qatar.
4. MOHP. Nepal National Policy, Strategy and Plan of Action for Prevention and Control of Non-Communicable Diseases. Kathmandu: Government of Nepal Ministry of Health and Population Nepal; 2009 (Unpublished Draft Report).
5. Chhetri MR, Chapma RS. Prevalence and determinants of diabetes among the elderly population in the Kathmandu Valley of Nepal. Nepal Med Coll J. 2009;11(1):34-8.
6. Shrestha UL, Singh DL and Bhattarai MD. The prevalence of hypertension and diabetes defined by fasting and 2-h plasma glucose criteria in urban Nepal. Diabet Med. 2006 Oct;23(10):1130-5.
7. Singh DL and Bhattarai MD. High prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glycaemia in urban Nepal (letter). Diabet Med. 2003 Feb;20(2):170-1.
8. Bhattarai MD. Diabetes in Nepal, diabetes in the Middle East, Eastern Mediterranean & South East Asia (DIMEMSEA). Proceedings of the Second Conference; 2000 March 2-4; Dhaka, Bangladesh; 2000. p. 22-3.
9. Suvedi BK. Of what diseases are Nepalese dying? Kathmandu Univ Med J (KUMJ). 2007 Jan-Mar;5(1):121-3.
10. Gazewood JD. Introduction to chronic illness. [Online]. 2008 [Cited 2008 September 25]. Available from: http://hsc.virginia.edu/med-ed/pom/handouts/pdf/Introduction%20to%20Chronic%20Illness_Gazewood.PDF
11. Dyakova M, Karaslavova ES, Dobriana. Disease Management Programs. The case of CVD Management in Bilgaria. In: A Handbook for Teachers, Researchers and Health Professionals. [Online]. 2002 [Cited 2002 Sep 25]. Available from: http://biecoll.ub.uni-bielefeld.de/-volltexte/-2009/2128/pdf/Dokument3_8.pdf
12. Daly BJ, Douglas SL, Kelley CG, O'toole E, Montenegro H. Trial of a Disease Management Program to Reduce Hospital Readmissions of the Chronically Critically Ill. Chest. 2005 Aug;128(2):507-17.
13. Lombardi DN. Handbook for the new health care manager, Practical strategies for the real world. 2 ed. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc; 2001. p.7.
14. Singh et al. Demographic profile of diabetic patients admitted in the medical wards of Bir Hospital, Nepal, 1990 to 1994. International Diabetes Digest. 1995;6(4)87-8.
15. Acharya GP. Diabetes mellitus at Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital. In: International Symposium on Diabetes Mellitus; 1995 Mar 23-24; Kathmandu, Nepal; 1995. p. 7.
16. Baral N, Koner BC, Karki P, Ramaprasad C, Lamsal M, Koirala S. Evaluation of new diagnostic criteria for diabetes on the prevalence of abnormal glucose tolerance in heterogeneous Nepali population - The implications of measuring glycated haemoglobin. Singapore Med J. 2000 Jun;41(6):264-7.
17. Karki P, Baral N, Lamsal M, Rijal S, Koner BC, Dhungel S, et al. Prevalence of non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in urban areas of eastern Nepal: a hospital based study. Southeast Asian J Trop Med Public Health. 2000 Mar;31(1):163-6.
18. White F, Rafique G. Diabetes prevalence and projections in South Asia. Lancet. 2002 Sep 7;360(9335):804-5.
19. Dulal RK. A perspective health care model for Nepal to reduce burden of Diabetes Mellitus through policy appraisal of Germany and Great Britain [thesis]. Bremen, Germany: University of Bremen; 2004.
20. King H, Aubert RE, Herman WH. Global burden of diabetes, 1995-2025: prevalence, numerical estimates, and projections. Diabetes Care. 1998 Sep;21(9):1414-31.
21. White F and Rafique G. Diabetes prevalence and projections in South Asia. Lancet. 2002;360(9335):804-5.
22. Pfuhl J and Stroth H. Vorsorgungsstrukturen für Diabetiker in Bremen. Bremen: 2000 Mar. p. 2.
23. Williams G and Pickup JC. Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. In: Handbook of Diabetes. Oxford: Blackwell Scientific Publications; 2002.
24. Elkeles T, Heinze S and Eifel R. Health care by a DMP for diabetes mellitus type 2-results of a survey of participating insurance customers of a health insurance company in Germany. J Public Health. 2007;15:473-80.
25. Koirala GP. Demographic dynamics, changing consumption pattern, poverty, agriculture and rural development, role of farmers in sustainable development, sectoral reports on Sustainable Development Agenda for Nepal (SDAN). [Online]. 2002 [Cited 2009 Jun 25]. Available from: http://www.scdp.org.np/sdan/SDANrpt1.pdf.
26. Ramachandran A, Chamukuttan S, Viswanathan V. Explosion of type 2 diabetes in the Indian subcontinent. International Diabetes Monitor. 2003;15(5):1-6.