General practitioners may diagnose type 2 diabetes mellitus at an early disease stage in patients they know well

Family Practice

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 192-197

  Drivsholm, Thomas ^a   Olivarius, Niels de Fine ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Continuity of patient care; Epidemiology; Family practice; Glycaemia; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL PROFESSION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; BLOOD SAMPLING; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

AGED; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY;

EID: 33645152334     PISSN: 02632136     EISSN: 14602229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/fampra/cmi123     Document Type: Article

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