Disease management programs for the underserved

Disease Management

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 145-152

  Horswell, Ronald ^a,b   Butler, Michael K ^a   Kaiser, Michael ^a   Moody Thomas, Sarah ^b   McNabb, Shannon ^c   Besse, Jay ^b   Abrams, Amir ^b  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^c PENNINGTON BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; ASTHMA; CANCER SCREENING; CHRONIC KIDNEY DISEASE; CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG COST; ELECTRONIC DATA INTERCHANGE; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; EXERCISE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEALTH SERVICE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; LABORATORY TEST; MEDICAL SOCIETY; MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; SMOKING CESSATION; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT CONTROL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; LOUISIANA; MALE; MEDICALLY UNDERSERVED AREA; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 45749093398     PISSN: 1093507X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dis.2007.0011     Document Type: Article

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