Diabetes as a tracer condition in international benchmarking of health systems

Diabetes Care

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1007-1011

  Nolte, Ellen ^a   Bain, Chris ^b,c   McKee, Martin ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE MARKER; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33746361514     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc05-1550     Document Type: Article

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