Improving access to diabetes care in an inner-city, community-based outpatient health center with a monthly open-access, multistation group visit program

Journal of the National Medical Association

Volumn 99, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1327-1336

  Vachon, Gregory C ^a   Ezike, Ngozi ^b   Brown Walker, Mary ^b   Chhay, Vuthik ^b   Pikelny, Irv ^b   Pendergraft, Trudy B ^c  

^a Northwestern Memorial Physicians Group   (United States)

^b Cook County Bureau of Health Services ^*  (United States)

^c GLAXOSMITHKLINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Access; Community health; Diabetes mellitus; Health insurance; Health quality outcomes; Hospital office administration; Minority health; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGED; ARTICLE; BUDGET; CITY; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; FOOT; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT COUNSELING; PATIENT EDUCATION; PATIENT PARTICIPATION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; RETINA; UNITED STATES;

AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; PILOT PROJECTS; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; URBAN HEALTH; URBAN HEALTH SERVICES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 37349029401     PISSN: 00279684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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