Quality of primary care and hospital admissions for diabetes mellitus in England

Journal of Ambulatory Care Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 226-238

  Bottle, Alex ^b   Millett, Christopher ^b   Xie, Yu ^a   Saxena, Sonia ^b   Wachter, Robert M ^a   Majeed, Azeem ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

diabetes mellitus; hospital admissions; primary care; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; ECONOMICS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT; SOCIAL CLASS; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REIMBURSEMENT, INCENTIVE; SOCIAL CLASS; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 51449098221     PISSN: 01489917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.JAC.0000324668.83530.6d     Document Type: Article

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