"Taiwan's concern with diabetes is laudable," Tsai says. In the past, medical training emphasized the care of patients with acute or severe symptoms, while it provided less hands-on training for the care of chronic diseases. The founding of the Shared Care for Diabetes program can serve as a model for other chronic disease care efforts.
「台灣對糖尿病的重視值得稱道，」蔡世澤指出，過去的醫療訓練著重在照顧急症和重症病患，較缺乏慢性病的照護經驗，「糖尿病共同照護網」的建立，可以成為台灣慢性病照護的典範。