Opting out of an integrated healthcare system: Dual-system use is associated with poorer glycemic control in veterans with diabetes

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 73-80

  Helmer, Drew ^a,b   Sambamoorthi, Usha ^a,c   Shen, Yujing ^a   Tseng, Chin Lin ^a,b   Rajan, Mangala ^a   Tiwari, Anjali ^a   Maney, Miriam ^a   Pogach, Leonard ^a,b  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

Author keywords

Care coordination; Diabetes; Healthcare; Medicare fee for service; Quality; Veterans

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MALE; MEDICARE; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW; VETERAN;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE, INTEGRATED; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELIGIBILITY DETERMINATION; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS;

EID: 44149086842     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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