Improving the outcomes of metabolic conditions: Managing momentum to overcome clinical inertia

Annals of Internal Medicine

Volumn 144, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 525-527

  Perlin, Jonathan B ^a   Pogach, Leonard M ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DYSLIPIDEMIA; EDITORIAL; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MORTALITY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; NOTE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33645826018     PISSN: 00034819     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7326/0003-4819-144-7-200604040-00012     Document Type: Editorial

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