Who Has Diabetes? Best Estimates of Diabetes Prevalence in the Department of Veterans Affairs Based on Computerized Patient Data

Diabetes Care

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL.2, 2004, Pages

  Miller, Donald R ^a,b,e   Safford, Monika M ^c,d   Pogach, Leonard M ^c,d  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Center for Health Quality   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^e Edith Nourse Rogers Memorial Hospital 152   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COMPUTER SYSTEM; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CODING; PRESCRIPTION; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOLDIER;

AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; MEDICARE; PREVALENCE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 2342479925     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/diacare.27.suppl_2.B10     Document Type: Article

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