Why don't all general practices offer structured diabetes care? A comparison of practices that do not with those that do

Public Health

Volumn 110, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 357-360

  Goyder, E C ^a   Jennings, S ^b   Botha, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Leicestershire Health Authority   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; General practice; Hospital admission rates; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

INSULIN;

ARTICLE; CULTURAL DEPRIVATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0029821539     PISSN: 00333506     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0033-3506(96)80008-4     Document Type: Article

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