Specialist and generalist care for type 1 diabetes mellitus: Differential impact on processes and outcomes

Disease Management and Health Outcomes

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 229-238

  Zgibor, Janice C ^a,b,c   Orchard, Trevor J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c DLR Building ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; COMORBIDITY; DEVELOPED COUNTRY; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMOGLOBIN DETERMINATION; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL RECORD; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; REVIEW; SOCIOECONOMICS; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 3943052651     PISSN: 11738790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2165/00115677-200412040-00003     Document Type: Review

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