Competing demands or clinical inertia: The case of elevated glycosylated hemoglobin

Annals of Family Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 196-201

  Parchman, Michael L ^a,b   Pugh, Jacqueline A ^a,c   Romero, Raquel L ^a,b   Bowers, Krista W ^c  

^a SOUTH TEXAS VETERANS HEALTH CARE SYSTEM   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^c Mays Cancer Center at UT Health San Antonio   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Diabetes mellitus, type 2; Health care delivery; Health services research; Hemoglobin A, glycosylated; Office visits; Practice based research networks; Primary care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS;

AGED; APPOINTMENTS AND SCHEDULES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OFFICE VISITS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34250029391     PISSN: 15441709     EISSN: 15441717     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1370/afm.679     Document Type: Article

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