Factors affecting the quality of diabetes care in primary health care centres in Tunis

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 237-243

  Alberti, Hugh ^a,b   Boudriga, Nessiba ^a   Nabli, Mounira ^a  

^a Direction des Soins de Sante de Base   (Tunisia)

^b NONE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Primary care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; RANDOMIZATION; SOCIAL STATUS; TUNISIA; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TUNISIA; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 20144369635     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2004.09.016     Document Type: Article

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