Diabetes mellitus in Irish general practice: Level of care as reflected by HbA1c values

European Journal of General Practice

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 58-65

  O'Connor, Ray ^a   Houghton, Frank ^b   Saunders, Jean ^a   Dobbs, Frank ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^b Athletic Rehabilitation Therapy Ireland   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; General practice; Standard of care

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; SOCIAL STATUS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

EID: 33750435560     PISSN: 13814788     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13814780600780858     Document Type: Article

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