Overall quality of diabetes care in a defined geographic region: Different sides of the same story

British Journal of General Practice

Volumn 58, Issue 550, 2008, Pages 339-345

  Gorter, Kees ^a   van Bruggen, Rykel ^a   Stolk, Ronald ^b   Zuithoff, Peter ^a   Verhoeven, Rob ^c   Rutten, Guy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c GELRE HOSPITALS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Case mix; Hospital; Medical staff, primary health care; Quality of health care; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; CASE MIX; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETIC ANGIOPATHY; DIABETIC MICROANGIOPATHY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERNAL MEDICINE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCHOOL CHILD; SCORING SYSTEM; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 43849113239     PISSN: 09601643     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp08X280209     Document Type: Article

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