Effects of physician specialty on use of antidiabetes drugs, processs and outcomes of diabetes care in a medical center

Journal of the Formosan Medical Association

Volumn 105, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 821-831

  Tseng, Fen Yu ^a,b   Lai, Mei Shu ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diabetes care; Medications; Physician specialty; Process and outcomes

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULFONYLUREA; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG USE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLUCOSE TOLERANCE TEST; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POSTPRANDIAL STATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINALYSIS;

EID: 33750884365     PISSN: 09296646     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0929-6646(09)60269-2     Document Type: Article

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