Five-year impact of a continuous quality improvement effort implemented by a network of diabetes outpatient clinics

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 57-62

  Nicolucci, Antonio ^a   Allotta, Gioacchino ^a   Allegra, Gianclaudio ^a   Cordaro, Gaspare ^a   D'Agati, Francesco ^a   Di Benedetto, Antonino ^a   Di Mauro, Maurizio ^a   Fulantelli, Marina ^a   Garofalo, Arcangela ^a   Giacchetto, Calogero ^a   Lisi, Enrico ^a   Lo Presti, Nino ^a   Lorenti, Ignazio ^a   Manunta, Mario ^a   Mattina, Giuseppe ^a   Mendola, Barbara ^a   Pata, Pietro ^a   Pellegrini, Fabio ^a   Reina, Giuseppe ^a   Ridola, Giovanni ^a   Runello, Filippo ^a   Saitta, Giovanni ^a   Sanfilippo, Giuseppe ^a   Vaccaro, Maria ^a   more..

^a Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; ANTILIPEMIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ITALY; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROALBUMINURIA; OUTPATIENT CARE; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; ADULT; BLOOD; MEDICAL RECORD; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; STANDARD; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE FACILITIES; BLOOD PRESSURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; SICILY; SOFTWARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 38149018543     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 01495992     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1515     Document Type: Article

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