Physician gender is associated with the quality of type 2 diabetes care

Journal of Internal Medicine

Volumn 264, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 340-350

  Berthold, H K ^a,b   Gouni Berthold, I ^b   Bestehorn, K P ^c   Bohm M ^d   Krone, W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOGNE   (Germany)

^c MSD Sharp and Dohme GmbH   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk factor; Cross sectional study; Epidemiology; Gender disparity; Quality of care; Registry; Type 2 diabetes

Indexed keywords

ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; BIGUANIDE DERIVATIVE; CALCIUM ANTAGONIST; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; FIBRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULFONYLUREA DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BLOOD PRESSURE; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FEMALE PHYSICIAN; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBESITY; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK MANAGEMENT; SELF MONITORING; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGED; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF, HOSPITAL; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; PHYSICIANS; PHYSICIANS, WOMEN; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 49749127446     PISSN: 09546820     EISSN: 13652796     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2796.2008.01967.x     Document Type: Article

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