Endocrine Abstracts

Background: Endocrinology is a relatively young subspecialty of internal medicine. No consensus on international standards for training has been established, and hence the variability between training programs and endocrinologist qualifications may be great.Methods: A standardized questionnaire was constructed to explore individual national standards for endocrinology training, evaluating the responding programs for physician entry criteria for each prog...

The prevalence of endocrinologic diseases in Slovak Republic in 2015 was about 390 000 patients e.g. the prevalence was about 7.1%. The objective of this study was to find out the basic relevant characteristics of delivery of endocrinologic care based on data from General Insurance Company with covering cca 63% of all inhabitants.Methods: The combined analysis from the GIC data was used.Results: 246 195 patients, 212 977 women and ...