Process measures and outcome research as tools for future improvement of diabetes treatment quality

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 207-211

  Jensen, Tonny ^a,b   Musaeus, Lise ^a   Molsing, Brian ^a   Lyholm, Benny ^a   Mandrup Poulsen, Thomas ^a  

^a STENO DIABETES CENTER   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

HbA1c; Outcome data; Quality of care; Type 1 diabetes mellitus; Urinary albumin excretion

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOOT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; OPHTHALMOSCOPY; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DENMARK; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 0036207160     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(02)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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