{"id":10591,"date":"2025-04-23T11:05:17","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T11:05:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/?page_id=10591"},"modified":"2025-04-29T09:38:16","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T09:38:16","slug":"care-pathways-patients-diabetes-canary-island-real-world-data","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sescs.es\/en\/care-pathways-patients-diabetes-canary-island-real-world-data\/","title":{"rendered":"Care pathways for patients with diabetes in the Canary Islands: effectiveness and economic and environmental costs based on real-world data"},"content":{"rendered":"

Full title:<\/strong> Care Pathways for Patients with Diabetes in the Canary Islands: Effectiveness, Economic Costs, and Environmental Impact Based on Real-World Data<\/p>\n

Funded by:<\/strong> Fundaci\u00f3n Canaria Instituto de Investigaci\u00f3n Sanitaria de Canarias (FIISC)<\/p>\n

Granted amount:<\/strong> \u20ac8,075.00<\/p>\n

Duration:<\/strong> 2 years (2025\u20132026)<\/p>\n

Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Carmen Guirado Fuentes<\/p>\n

Associated Researchers:<\/strong> Berta Ib\u00e1\u00f1ez Beroiz, Cristina Valc\u00e1rcel Nazco, Ignacio Oscoz Villanueva, Benjam\u00edn Rodr\u00edguez D\u00edaz, Francisco Estupi\u00f1\u00e1n Romero, Sara Trujillo Alem\u00e1n, Lidia Garc\u00eda P\u00e9rez, Mar\u00eda del Mar Trujillo Mart\u00edn, Estefan\u00eda Herrera Ramos, Sybille Kaiser Girardot<\/p>\n

Background:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a chronic metabolic disease with high prevalence worldwide and particularly in the Canary Islands. Notably, 90% of cases correspond to type 2 diabetes (T2DM). This disease can lead to micro- and macrovascular complications, with high associated morbidity and mortality. Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs) are developed and periodically updated to identify which interventions are effective, for whom, and in what contexts. However, evidence is limited regarding the extent to which these recommendations are implemented in routine clinical practice, although adherence is generally known to be low.<\/p>\n

Identifying care pathways (CPs), which reflect patients\u2019 actual exposure to healthcare interventions over time, is a complex but important task, as it provides information about care adequacy, treatment adherence, and the health, economic, and environmental consequences of interventions. The availability of real-world data (RWD) is facilitating this task. The CONCEPT project and its subprojects CONCEPT-DIABETES and CONCEPTCOST have developed a standardized methodology that applies process mining to data extracted from administrative health records and electronic medical records, to identify CPs for patients with T2DM and the economic costs associated with CPs for various pathologies. These CPs can be classified based on their adherence or non-adherence to current CPG recommendations.<\/p>\n

Another relevant aspect is the environmental footprint that different care pathways may generate. Estimating this impact is complex, but previous studies on the carbon footprint of healthcare provide various methodologies that can serve as a basis for estimating the environmental impact of different CPs for patients with T2DM.<\/p>\n

Objectives:<\/strong><\/p>\n

General objective:<\/em><\/p>\n

To estimate the effectiveness, economic cost, and environmental impact of the care pathways followed by patients with T2DM in the Canary Islands.<\/p>\n

Specific objectives (SO):<\/em><\/p>\n