Mitigating case mix factors by choice of glycemic control performance measure threshold

Diabetes Care

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1754-1760

  Bainbridge, Kathleen E ^a   Cowie, Catherine C ^b   Rust, Keith F ^c   Fradkin, Judith E ^b  

^a SOCIAL AND SCIENTIFIC SYSTEMS INC   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

^c WESTAT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INSULIN; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE DURATION; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT; SELF REPORT; BLOOD; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; BODY MASS; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM EXAMINATION; ETHNIC GROUP; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; INCOME; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; RACE; STANDARD; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; BODY MASS INDEX; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES, ENDOCRINE; ETHNIC GROUPS; HEALTH STATUS; HEALTH SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INCOME; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 56149092504     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc07-2010     Document Type: Article

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