Applying Diabetes-Related Prevention Quality Indicators to a National Cohort of Veterans With Diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 3017-3023

  Helmer, Drew A ^a,b   Tseng, Chin Lin ^a,b   Brimacombe, Michael ^b   Rajan, Mangala ^a   Stiptzarov, Nikolay ^c   Pogach, Leonard ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MENTAL HEALTH; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PERFORMANCE; PROPHYLAXIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOLDIER;

AGED; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VETERANS;

EID: 0242332281     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.26.11.3017     Document Type: Article

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