Improved diabetes care by primary care physicians: Results of a group-randomized evaluation of the Medicare Health Care Quality Improvement Program (HCQIP)

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 56, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 1210-1217

  McClellan, William M ^a,b   Millman, Lee ^a   Presley, Rodney ^a   Couzins, John ^a   Flanders, W Dana ^a,b  

^a Georgia Medical Care Foundation   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical practice guidelines; Diabetes mellitus; Hemoglobin A1c; Quality improvement; Randomized group trial

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVALUATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICARE; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 0348110573     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-4356(03)00198-7     Document Type: Article

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