Assessing continuity of care in a community diabetes program: Initial questionnaire development and validation

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 925-931

  Wei, Xiaolin ^a   Barnsley, Jan ^b   Zakus, David ^b   Cockerill, Rhonda ^b   Glazier, Richard ^c   Sun, Xiaoming ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d Health Inspection Center of Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Health   (China)

Author keywords

China; Continuity of care; Diabetes; Primary Health Care; Shanghai; Validation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHINA; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONSTRUCT VALIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; RELIABILITY; SELF CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; VALIDATION STUDY;

CHINA; CHRONIC DISEASE; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 48349098856     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2007.12.010     Document Type: Article

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