Diabetes care for medicare beneficiaries: Attitudes and behaviors of primary care physicians

Diabetes Care

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 1282-1287

  Drass, Jan ^a,e   Kell, Sherron ^c   Osborn, Morris ^b   Bausell, Barker ^b   Corcoran Jr , James ^d   Moskowitz, Alan ^b   Fleming, Barbara ^a  

^a Health Care Financing Administration   (United States)

^b Delmarva Foundation for Medical Care   (United States)

^c Alabama Quality Assurance Foundation   (United States)

^d Blue Cross/Blue Shields Florida Inc   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR MEDICARE AND MEDICAID SERVICES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOOT ULCER; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEDICARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED STATES;

ALABAMA; ATTITUDE OF HEALTH PERSONNEL; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; IOWA; MARYLAND; MEDICARE; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SPECIALTIES, MEDICAL; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031904965     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.21.8.1282     Document Type: Article

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