The Comparison of Efficacy & Compliancy Between Western Medicine & Traditional Chinese Medicine in The Treatment of Diabetes Mellitus in Taiwan ?Based on the Diabetes Case Management Program 2001 in Taiwan

MARTIN MAO-TSU FUH
China medical university hospital
BACKGROUND — Diabetes is now global epidemic; it is the fourth or fifth leading cause of death in most developed and newly industrialized countries. People with diabetes mean a long-term condition the deserves effective and efficient care throughout their lives. Complications caused by diabetes, such as coronary artery and peripheral vascular diseases, stroke, diabetic neuropathy, amputations, renal failure and blindness are resulting in disability, reduced life expectancy and, even more apprehensive, enormous healthcare related expense for virtually every society . Diabetes is certainly one of the most challenging health issues in the 21st century.
The most recent epidemiological data suggested that the diabetes population in Taiwan has reached one million . People with diabetes using the healthcare insurance regularly for their diabetes care, however, were only 60% of total diabetes population. Nevertheless, this 60% of Taiwan diabetes population had already consumed more than 12%
關鍵字：diabetes；case management；efficacy