Factors associated with the effectiveness of diabetes care at primary care settings.

Objective: To assess the effectiveness of diabetes care and the factors associated with the effectiveness at primary care settings.

Material And Method: Data were obtained from reviewing of 1,795 medical patient files of patients with type 2-DM treated at forty-eight primary care settings. Information recorded included characteristics, body mass index, co-morbidity, fasting blood glucose (FBG) and HbA1c levels and health personnel mix types (physicians, pharmacists, nurses, health technical officers and community health workers).