[Improvement process of community podiatric care service for people with diabetes mellitus in Catalonia].

In 2009, the Catalan Health Service (Servei Català de la Salut) introduced community podiatric care for people with diabetes mellitus and chronic vascular or neuropathic conditions as part of its service portfolio. After 10 years, an evaluation, review, and improvement of the service was promoted, carrying out various actions between 2018 and 2024. The improvement process was carried out collaboratively and participatively, involving multiple stakeholders.

Socioeconomic Status and Distance to Reference Centers for Complex Cancer Diseases: A Source of Health Inequalities? A Population Cohort Study Based on Catalonia (Spain).

The centralization of complex surgical procedures for cancer in Catalonia may have led to geographical and socioeconomic inequities. In this population-based cohort study, we assessed the impacts of these two factors on 5-year survival and quality of care in patients undergoing surgery for rectal cancer (2011-12) and pancreatic cancer (2012-15) in public centers, adjusting for age, comorbidity, and tumor stage. We used data on the geographical distance between the patients' homes and their reference centers, clinical patient and treatment data, income category, and data from the patients' district hospitals.