Period: 2024 - 2027

Researchers:
Dr. Ezequiel Garcia-Elorrio (IECS) — Principal Investigator
Dr. Patricia J. Garcia (Cayetano Heredia Peruvian University) — Co-principal investigator
Agustina Mazzoni (IECS) — Project Coordinator
Hannah Leslie (UCSF)
Javier Roberti (IECS)
Fernando Rubinstein (IECS)
Jorgelina Alvarez (IECS)
Cecilia Silva (IECS) — Community Engagement Leader

Objective: The primary objective is to improve disease management and the care experience for patients with diabetes through a co-designed primary care model. Secondary objectives include: evaluating the feasibility and acceptability of the model; assessing its effects on service utilization patterns, system competence, user confidence, and cost per visit; and analyzing its impact on potential sociodemographic inequities.

Financing

NIHR (National Institute for Health and Care Research, United Kingdom) — Global HPSR Call 3 (22/151)

Type of study

Cluster-randomized, parallel, Hybrid 1 type trial, with 24 primary health care centers assigned 1:1 to control group (usual care) or intervention, developed in three phases: design and pilot, trial (with a longitudinal cohort of 480 patients) and analysis/dissemination of results.