Do diabetes group visits lead to lower medical care charges?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-44

  Clancy, Dawn E ^a,c   Dismuke, Clara E ^b   Magruder, Kathryn Marley ^a   Simpson, Kit N ^b   Bradford, David ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c Maybank International Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM LIKELIHOOD METHOD; MEDICAID; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MEDICARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; COST OF ILLNESS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAID; MEDICALLY UNINSURED; MEDICARE; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; SOUTH CAROLINA; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; UNITED STATES;

EID: 38349188188     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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