Impact of a two-arm educational program for imroving diabetes care in primary care centres

International Journal of Clinical Practice

Volumn 59, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1126-1130

  Stern, Ervin ^a,b   Benbassat, C A ^b,c   Goldfracht, M ^a,d  

^a General Health Services   (Israel)

^b RABIN MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^c TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^d TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetes education; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetes prevention; Israel; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; METABOLIC REGULATION; MICROALBUMINURIA; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; BLOOD; EDUCATION; ENDOCRINOLOGY; ISRAEL; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD;

DIABETES MELLITUS; ENDOCRINOLOGY; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; ISRAEL; PATIENT EDUCATION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 33644845543     PISSN: 13685031     EISSN: 17421241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1368-5031.2005.00643.x     Document Type: Article

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