Association between frequency of telephonic contact and clinical testing for a large, geographically diverse diabetes disease management population

Disease Management

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 101-109

  Coberley, Carter R ^a   McGinnis, Matthew ^a   Orr, Patty M ^a   Coberley, Sadie S ^a   Hobgood, Adam ^a   Hamar, Brent ^a   Gandy, Bill ^a   Pope, James ^a   Hudson, Laurel ^a   Hara, P A M ^a   Shurney, Dexter ^a   Clarke, Janice L ^b   Crawford, Albert ^b   Goldfarb, Neil I ^b  

^a HEALTHWAYS INC   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; GENERAL CONDITION IMPROVEMENT; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMAN; INFORMATION SERVICE; POSTAL MAIL; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; TELEPHONE TELEMETRY;

CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MANAGED CARE PROGRAMS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEPHONE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34248218243     PISSN: 1093507X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dis.2006.632     Document Type: Article

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