Diabetes referrals at a veterans administration tertiary facility: Who are the patients and why are they referred?

Diabetes Care

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 423-424

  Nguyen, Carolyn V ^a   Powers, Alvin G ^a,b   Greenspan, Debra L ^b   Elasy, Tom A ^a,b  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ARTICLE; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; INSULIN TREATMENT; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; TREATMENT REFUSAL;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ENDOCRINOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERGLYCEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 12844279801     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.28.2.423     Document Type: Article

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