Estimating physician effects on glycemic control in the treatment of diabetes

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 869-873

  Tuerk, Peter W ^a,b,c   Mueller, Martina ^a,c   Egede, Leonard E ^a,b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; PHYSICIAN ATTITUDE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD; CAUCASIAN; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NEGRO; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; UNITED STATES;

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BLOOD GLUCOSE; COHORT STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITALS, VETERANS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SOUTHEASTERN UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 42449151832     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-1662     Document Type: Article

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