Controlled Trial of a Multifaceted Intervention for Improving Quality of Care for Rural Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3061-3066

  Majumdar, Sumit R ^a,b   Guirguis, Lisa M ^b   Toth, Ellen L ^a,b   Lewanczuk, Richard Z ^a   Lee, T K ^a,c   Johnson, Jeffrey A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF HEALTH ECONOMICS   (Canada)

^c GREY NUNS COMMUNITY HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL POPULATION;

AGED; ALBERTA; COMMUNITY-INSTITUTIONAL RELATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RURAL HEALTH SERVICES; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0242269002     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.11.3061     Document Type: Article

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