Facilities and resources for diabetes care at regional health facilities in southern Ghana

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 123-130

  Amoah, Albert G B ^a,b   Owusu, Samuel K ^a   Saunders, J Terry ^c   Fang, Wei Li ^c   Asare, Henrietta A ^b   Pastors, Joice G ^c   Sanborn, Cindi ^c   Barrett, Eugene J ^c   Woode, Moses K A ^c   Osei, Kwame ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^b KORLE BU TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Ghana)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^d THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Diabetes care system; Facilities; Ghana; Hospitals; Resources

Indexed keywords

C PEPTIDE; PANCREAS ISLET CELL ANTIBODY; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; CREATININE CLEARANCE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GHANA; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; RESOURCE MANAGEMENT;

DIABETES MELLITUS; GHANA; HEALTH FACILITIES; HEALTH RESOURCES; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 0031740346     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(98)00101-6     Document Type: Article

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