The cost to health plans of poor glycemic control

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1847-1853

  Gilmer, Todd P ^a   O'Connor, Patrick J ^a,b   Manning, Willard G ^a   Rush, William A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b HEALTHPARTNERS INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES CONTROL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; MEDICAL CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0030775291     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.12.1847     Document Type: Article

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