Primary Care Physicians' Practice Patterns and Diabetic Retinopathy: Current Levels of Care

Archives of Family Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 29-37

  Kraft, Stephanie Kakos ^a   Marrero, David G ^a   Lazaridis, Emmanuel N ^a   Fineberg, Naomi ^a   Qiu, Chunfu ^a   Clark Jr , Charles M ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; GENERAL PRACTICE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VISION TEST;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; FAMILY PRACTICE; HUMANS; INDIANA; INTERNAL MEDICINE; LOGISTIC MODELS; ODDS RATIO; OPHTHALMOLOGY; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; VISION SCREENING;

EID: 0030638618     PISSN: 10633987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archfami.6.1.29     Document Type: Article

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