Quality improvement programme for diabetes care in family practice settings in Dubai

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 492-504

  Khattab, M S ^a   Swidan, A M ^a   Farghaly, M N ^a   Swidan, H M ^a   Ashtar, M S ^a   Darwish, E A ^a   Al Mazrooei, A K ^a   Mohammad, A A ^a  

^a DUBAI HEALTH AUTHORITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DUBAI; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAN ARTERIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; NURSE PRACTITIONER; PATIENT CARE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEAMWORK;

ADULT; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES;

EID: 34447623400     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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