Multidisciplinary care plans and diabetes - Benefits for patients with poor glycaemic control

Australian Family Physician

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 960-962

  Zwar, Nicholas ^a   Hasan, Iqbal ^a   Hermiz, Oshana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; METABOLISM; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY PRACTICE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; MEDICAL AUDIT; NEW SOUTH WALES; PATIENT CARE PLANNING; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 58149468267     PISSN: 03008495     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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