Barriers to initiating insulin therapy for patients with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes mellitus on maximum dose of oral agents in public sector primary health care centres in Cape Town, South Africa
Most patients with type 2 diabetes in Cape Town are attending at primary care community health centers (CHCS) and have unsatisfactory glycaemic control. Insulin therapy is indicated in patients with type 2 diabetes, with inadequate metabolic control on maximum oral therapy. Insulin can be initiated in these CHCs.
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Department of Public Health and Family Medicine