Assessing health centre systems for guiding improvement in diabetes care

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Si, Damin ^a   Bailie, Ross ^a   Connors, Christine ^b   Dowden, Michelle ^a   Stewart, Allison ^a   Robinson, Gary ^c   Cunningham, Joan ^a   Weeramanthri, Tarun ^b  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

^c CHARLES DARWIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INFORMATION; INTERVIEW; MEASUREMENT; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL STAFF; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIZATION; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; INDIGENOUS HEALTH CARE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITY CONTROL; STANDARDS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; CHOLESTEROL; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NORTHERN TERRITORY; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 24944517041     PISSN: 14726963     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-5-56     Document Type: Article

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