The effects of patient volume on the quality of diabetic care for medicare beneficiaries

Medical Care

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1073-1077

  Holmboe, Eric S ^a,b,c   Wang, Yun ^a   Tate, Janet P ^a   Meehan, Thomas P ^a,b  

^a QUALIDIGM   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c AMERICAN BOARD OF INTERNAL MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Medicare; Quality of care; Volume of care

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMORBIDITY; CONNECTICUT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; FEE-FOR-SERVICE PLANS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MEDICARE; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 33751312455     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlr.0000233685.22497.cf     Document Type: Article

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