Professional accountability for diabetes care in Taiwan

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-201

  Tseng, Fen Yu ^a,b   Lai, Mei Shu ^b   Syu, Ci Yong ^b   Lin, Cheng Ching ^c  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diabetes care measures; National Health Insurance claims data; Professional accountability; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; LIPID;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; KIDNEY FUNCTION TEST; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NATIONAL HEALTH INSURANCE; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PROFESSIONALISM; TAIWAN; URINALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PHYSICIANS; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY; TAIWAN;

EID: 30944454260     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diabres.2005.06.004     Document Type: Article

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