Quality of diabetes care: A comparison of division diabetes registers

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 490-492

  Taggart, Jane ^a   Wan, Qing ^a   Harris, Mark F ^a   Davies, Gawaine Powell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; TIME;

ADULT; AGED; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 51449086497     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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