Inequalities in glycaemic control in patients with Type 2 diabetes in primary care

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 22, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1364-1371

  Bebb, Charlotte ^a   Kendrick, D ^b   Stewart, J ^d   Coupland, C ^b   Madeley, R ^c   Brown, K ^b   Burden, R ^a   Sturrock, N ^a  

^a NOTTINGHAM CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d Hucknall Health Centre   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deprivation; Glycaemic control; Practice organization; Primary care; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; DIET; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL PRACTICE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS INDEX; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHIES; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; POVERTY;

EID: 25844437459     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2005.01662.x     Document Type: Article

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