Can ambulatory care prevent hospitalization for metabolic decompensation?

Medical Care

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 148-157

  Helmer, Drew A ^a,b,g   Tseng, Chin Lin ^a,b   Rajan, Mangala ^a   Crystal, Stephen ^c   Shen, Yujing ^a,c   Miller, Donald R ^d,e   Safford, Monika M ^f   Tiwari, Anjali ^a   Pogach, Leonard ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d VA New England Health Care System   (United States)

^e BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^g MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care; Diabetes mellitus; Diabetic ketoacidosis; Health care; Quality indicators; Veterans

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICARE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICARE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 38549153897     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0b013e31815b9d66     Document Type: Article

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