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Clinicas del Azúcar

last updated May 25, 2012

Overview

Implementation Partner(s): 
Mexican Technology Council
Legal Status: 
Private (for-profit)
Year Launched: 
2011
Stage: 
Pilot/startup stage
Income Level of Target Population: 
20-60% (lower to lower-middle)

Funding

Primary Source of Funding: 
Membership/subscription fees

Scale

Number of Clients Served: 
400 patients served in 2 months
Number of Facilities Operated/Networked: 
1 clinic
Summary: 

Clinicas del Azúcar are a chain of low-cost diabetes management clinics that provide accessible preventative and supportive care to the underserved Mexicans.

Program goals/rationale: 

Diabetes in Mexico is called ‘the disease of the rich’ because current alternatives of care are expensive, inconvenient and far from accessible to 90% of the population. In Mexico, patients have two options for diabetes care; $1000 a year for private care or $200 for public care. In public institutions, wait times of 5-6 hours defer people from going. Clinicas del Azúcar provide care for the same cost as the Mexican public option but with more comprehensive treatment.

Key program components: 

Clinicas del Azúcar are a chain of specialized, low-cost diabetes clinics that provide affordable and comprehensive care. They introduce low-cost screening devices, proprietary evidence-based algorithms and mobile health solutions to reduce the price of care significantly. Each patient pays fixed-cost membership fees allowing him/her to have unlimited access to diagnostics, labs and consultations for one year. The patients can choose from 3 different packages of varying costs and services; the preventative package for $71 USD, integral package for $185 USD, and integral plus package for $256.

In the next 5 years, the chain hopes to open more than 50 clinics to impact more than 100,000 patients, reduce 15,000 complications and save patients more than $70 million.

Clinicas del Azúcar has saved patients more than 15 trips to the clinic. They estimated that each patient that joins the clinic reduces the chance of developing a diabetes-related complication by 50%.

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