Quality of Diabetes Care and Management of General Physicians in Karachi, Pakistan
Response to Nagpal and Bhartia
- Jaweed Akhter, ABIM, FACP
- From the Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan
- Address correspondence to Dr. Jaweed Akhter, Department of Medicine, Aga Khan University, Stadium Road, Karachi 746800, Pakistan. E-mail: jaweed.akhter{at}aku.edu
The recent article by Nagpal and Bhartia (1) from New Dehli, India, highlighted the wide gap between practice recommendations and delivery of care in a developing country like India. While standards of care (2) are continually emphasized, few individuals with diabetes actually receive even minimum standards of care. While many factors, including the level of public education, poverty, and poor state healthcare infrastructure, contribute to this in low-income groups, Nagpal and Bhartia (1) highlight deficiencies in quality of care administered …
