Table 1.

DMPs covering care for patients with diabetes or COPD, reported by country‐experts

Chronic disease	Country	DMP
Diabetes	Belgium	National Care pathway diabetes type 2 (2009)
	France	National policy Sophia: diabetes type 1 and 2 (since 2008 regional pilots, national implementation in progress)
	Germany	National policy diabetes type 1 (2004) and 2 (2002), regional DMPs (provided example: regional DMP North‐Rhine)
	Italy	National policy Integrazione, Gestione e Assistenza per la malattia diabetica: diabetes type 2 (2006)
		Region Tuscany’s plan ‘From On‐Demand to Proactive Primary Care’: diabetes type 2 and heart failure (2010), COPD, stroke and hypertension (from 2011)
		Local plan Leonardo: diabetes type 1 and 2, heart failure, cardiovascular risk (2006), in one health authority, planned extension to whole Apulia region
	The Netherlands	Nationaal Actieprogramma Diabetes, Netherlands Diabetes Federation care standard diabetes (2007): diabetes type 1 and 2 (2009), regional DMPs (provided example: Diabetes Care System West‐Friesland, 1996)
	Spain	National policy Estrategia en diabetes del Sistema National de Salud: diabetes type 1 and 2 (2006), regional DMPs
	UK (England)	National Service Framework for Diabetes: diabetes type 1 and 2 (2001)
COPD	Germany	National policy COPD (2005), regional DMPs
	Italy	Region Tuscany’s plan ‘From On‐Demand to Proactive Primary Care’ (for COPD from 2011)
	The Netherlands	National policy Lung Alliance Netherlands care standard COPD (2010), regional DMPs (provided example: Integrated COPD management ‘De Kroonluchter’, 2004)
	Spain	National policy Estrategia en EPOC del Sistema National de Salud (2009)
	UK (England)	National strategy for COPD, including asthma (2005)

DMP, disease management programme.

Source: Rijken & Bekkema ³¹ .