Evaluation of the impact of the Kuwait Diabetes Care Program on the quality of diabetes care

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 14-19

  Al Adsani, Afaf ^a,b   Al Faraj, Jamila ^a   Al Sultan, Fatma ^a   El Feky, Mohamed ^a   Al Mezel, Nouria ^a   Saba, Wafik ^a   Aljassar, Sharifa ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^b AL SABAH HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Kuwait; Primary care; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHOLESTEROL; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ARTICLE; BLOOD CHEMISTRY; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTINUING EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KUWAIT; LIPOPROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; MEDICAL RECORD; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SMOKING; STANDARD; TRAINING; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; URINALYSIS;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCUMENTATION; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MANAGEMENT AUDIT; MEDICAL AUDIT; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 36749022801     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000109584     Document Type: Article

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