Abstract
New polic
y in type 2 diabetes care? Key
informants
’
assessment
o
f
today’s and tomorrow’s policy
Health care service for patients with chronic diseases has undergone
fundamental changes in recent years; focus on self
-
management, de
-
centralisation to municipals with an emphasis on prevention and an urge for
interdisciplinary and intersectoral collabora
tion
.
In the operationalization of
the political signals to specific measures in the field, key
actors’
understandings
influence the formulation of policy.
As part of a larger international study (EU
-
Wise) qualitative semi
-
structural interview was performe
d with 15 informants
who hold key positions with an ability to influence the specific implementation
of health policy for people with type 2 diabetes. The key informants showed
abundant variation in what they saw as important challenges and measures. The
informants have few descriptions of initiatives to fight social inequalities and
were vague in their descriptions of measures that are not individual
-
oriented.
The vagueness may indicate the need for more specific recommendations of
measures in the field