Quality of diabetes care predicts the development of cardiovascular events: Results of the QuED study

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-65

  De Berardis, Giorgia ^a   Pellegrini, Fabio ^a   Franciosi, Monica ^a   Belfiglio, Maurizio ^a   Di Nardo, Barbara ^a   Greenfield, Sheldon ^b   Kaplan, Sherrie H ^b   Rossi, Maria C E ^a   Sacco, Michele ^a   Tognoni, Gianni ^a   Valentini, Miriam ^a   Nicolucci, Antonio ^a  

^a Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular event; Outcome indicators; Prediction score; Process indicators; Quality of care; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

AGED; ALBUMINURIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 37449020741     PISSN: 09394753     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2006.04.009     Document Type: Article

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