Quality of care in diabetic patients attending routine primary care clinics compared with those attending GP specialist clinics

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 851-856

  Ismail, H ^a   Wright, J ^a,c   Rhodes, P ^a   Scally, A ^b  

^a BRADFORD TEACHING HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c BRADFORD ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Primary care; Quality of care; Specialist clinics

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PODIATRY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RETINA; SCREENING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENGLAND; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33746577401     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2006.01900.x     Document Type: Article

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