Mortality risk for diabetes patients in a care coordination, home-telehealth programme

Journal of Telemedicine and Telecare

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 98-101

  Chumbler, Neale R ^a,b   Chuang, Ho Chih ^a   Wu, Samuel S ^a,c   Wang, Xinping ^a   Kobb, Rita ^d   Haggstrom, David ^a,b,e   Jia, Huanguang ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBULATORY MONITORING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; STANDARD; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, AMBULATORY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TELEMEDICINE; VETERANS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65649141653     PISSN: 1357633X     EISSN: 17581109     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/jtt.2008.080803     Document Type: Article

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