Quality indicators for type-2 diabetes care in practice guidelines: An example from six European countries

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 17-23

  Wens, Johan ^a   Dirven, Kristien ^a   Mathieu, Chantal ^b,c   Paulus, Dominique ^d   Van Royen, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c Flemish Diabetes Association   (Belgium)

^d BELGIAN HEALTH CARE KNOWLEDGE CENTRE KCE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Guidelines; Quality indicators; Quality of care; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EUROPE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HUMANS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 34247232478     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2006.07.001     Document Type: Article

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