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Uninsured diabetes patients suffer from a lack of access to medical care due to the treatment cost. This is because diabetes is a chronic illness that requires lifetime treatment and care, which is an integration of both drug management and lifestyle modification (Dang & Dearholt, 2017). The cost is overwhelming to the uninsured patients, which can result to complications of diabetes to lack of access to medical care and degradation of the social-economic status of the patient due to channeling of the meager finances towards treatment (Nadeau, K. J et al. 2016)
The possible solution to this problem is finding other financing sources for the patient’s medical care and well-being. To make this possible, a group of individuals must collaborate with the patient and health workers.
Action plan
Financial; The family members and close family members can come together and contribute money to cater for the medical care [drug treatment] and lifestyle modification [feeding of the patient]. This is because the management of diabetes requires diet modification by the patient, which can be quite expensive considering that the patient has to eat food different from the rest of the family members. The drugs are also expensive, considering they have to be taken by the patient for the rest of his/her life because diabetes is a chronic illness. The patient can also seek financial assistance from well-wishers who are capable of paying for it.
Judicial; The government can also subsidize the cost of care for people with diabetes to encourage them to seek medical care. This can be achieved through the government paying a certain percentage of the money required to pay for the drugs and consultation fees, leaving the patients with a smaller amount to pay. This encourages them to seek medical care.
Juridical; The government should make it a law requirement for people to cover themselves with the relevant insurance covers. This ensures that those who would have initially cast away the thought of having an insurance cover get one.
Scientific; The hospitals, in partnership with the government and the press, can publish journals, articles, advertisements on media, and place billboards on the streets, emphasizing the importance of placing oneself in an insurance cover and seeking health services.
Barriers to implementation
These include the patient’s low socioeconomic status, the difficulty of access to the health facilities, and the patients’ shyness to seek medical care, making it difficult to reach them.
Facilitators to overcome barriers
The cost of accessing diabetes health care services should be made free or reduces by the government through subsidization. Secondly, the government may also construct additional hospitals and build new roads making access to the health facility easier for the patient. Lastly, the hospitals should carry out outreach programs for people with diabetes in remote areas and broadcast the media’s importance of insurance cover.
Stakeholders involved
The stakeholders involved include the patient, family members, doctor, nurse, nutritionist, government. The patient should cover themselves with an insurance cover and seek medical services as instructed by the physician. The family members can contribute funds to cater for the medical bills and well being of the patient, encouraging them to seek insurance cover. The doctor should direct the patient on when to come to the hospital and follow to avoid complications of diabetes, the nurse should look after the patient, the nutritionist should guide the patient on what to eat, and the government should put in place laws regarding insurance.
Resources for successful implementation
They include financial assistance to the patients in terms of loans and subsidization of health care costs, construction of hospitals in remote areas, and public awareness of the importance of insurance covers.
References
Dang, D., & Dearholt, S. L. (2017). Johns Hopkins nursing evidence-based practice: Model and guidelines. Sigma Theta Tau.
Nadeau, K. J., Anderson, B. J., Berg, E. G., Chiang, J. L., Chou, H., Copeland, K. C., … & Zeitler, P. (2016). Youth-onset type 2 diabetes consensus report: current status, challenges, and priorities. Diabetes care, 39(9), 1635-1642.