The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: A randomized controlled trial

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 169, Issue 19, 2009, Pages 1788-1794

  Gary, Tiffany L ^a   Batts Turner, Marian ^a   Yeh, Hsin Chieh ^a   Hill Briggs, Felicia ^a   Bone, Lee R ^a   Wang, Nae Yuh ^a   Levine, David M ^a   Powe, Neil R ^a   Saudek, Christopher D ^a   Hill, Martha N ^a   McGuire, Maura ^a   Brancati, Frederick L ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; EMERGENCY WARD; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANAGED CARE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSING CARE; POVERTY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; BALTIMORE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSE'S ROLE; ODDS RATIO; PATIENT ADMISSION; PATIENT CARE TEAM; TELEPHONE; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 70350517944     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: 15383679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinternmed.2009.338     Document Type: Article

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