Is the quality of diabetes care better in a diabetes clinic or in a general medicine clinic?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 472-475

  Ho, Marion ^a   Marger, Michael ^a   Beart, Jenna ^b   Yip, Ian ^a   Shekelle, Paul ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INSULIN;

ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0030970820     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.20.4.472     Document Type: Article

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