Diabetes care in hospital - The impact of a dedicated inpatient care team

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 147-151

  Flanagan, D ^a   Moore, E ^a   Baker, S ^a   Wright, D ^a   Lynch, P ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diabetes mellitus; Hospital; Inpatient; Length of stay

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONSULTATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY CARE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NURSE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WARD;

DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PILOT PROJECTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 39749159183     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2007.02326.x     Document Type: Article

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