A comparative study of the quality and availability of health information used to facilitate cost burden analysis of diabetes and hypertension in the Caribbean

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-392

  Cunningham Myrie, Colette ^a   Reid, M ^a   Forrester, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CENTRAL AMERICA; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DATA ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; INVESTMENT; ISCHEMIC HEART DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; MORTALITY; PERIPHERAL VASCULAR DISEASE; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; QUALITY CONTROL; RELIABILITY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; VALIDITY;

ACCESS TO INFORMATION; CARIBBEAN REGION; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS, CLINICAL; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 58049221455     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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