Quality of outpatient care provided to diabetic patients: A health maintenance organization experience

Diabetes Care

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 601-606

  Peters, Anne L ^a   Legorreta, Antonio P ^b,e   Ossorio, R Clifford ^c   Davidson, Mayer B ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Quality Initiatives Division   (United States)

^c RCO Consultants   (United States)

^d CITY OF HOPE NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SOCIETY; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0029973110     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.19.6.601     Document Type: Article

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