Diabetes care in middle-income countries: A Caribbean case study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 574-581

  Gulliford, M C ^a,d,e   Alert, C V ^a   Mahabir, D ^b   Ariyanayagam Baksh, S M ^a   Fraser, H S ^a,c   Picou, D I ^a  

^a Cmw Caribbean Med Research Council   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^b Ministry of Health Trinidad and Tobago   (Trinidad and Tobago)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

^d KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^e ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Diabetes mellitus; Guidelines; Private practice; Public facilities; Quality of health care

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; METFORMIN; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CLINICAL TRIAL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; EXERCISE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARIBBEAN REGION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EVALUATION STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIVATE PRACTICE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0029941289     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9136(199606)13:6<574::AID-DIA113>3.0.CO;2-C     Document Type: Article

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