Relationship between provider type and the attainment of treatment goals in primary care

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 11, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 561-566

  Federman, Daniel G ^a,b   Krishnamurthy, Raj ^a,b   Kancir, Sue ^a   Goulet, Joseph ^a   Justice, Amy ^a,b  

^a VA CONNECTICUT HEALTHCARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CORONARY ARTERY DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DYSLIPIDEMIA; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREATMENT PLANNING;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CONNECTICUT; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERLIPIDEMIAS; HYPERTENSION; ORGANIZATIONAL OBJECTIVES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS;

EID: 25444490146     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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