Influences on the variation in prevalence of type 2 diabetes between general practices: Practice, patient or socioeconomic factors?

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 53, Issue 486, 2003, Pages 9-14

  Whitford, David L ^a   Griffin, Simon J ^a   Prevost, A Toby ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Physician's practice patterns; Prevalence; Socioeconomic factors; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; STEROID;

AGE; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHESIS; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT EDUCATION; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCORING SYSTEM; SCREENING TEST; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PREVALENCE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037217243     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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