Emergency room visit: A red-flag indicator for poor diabetes care

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 1105-1111

  Stern, Z ^a   Calderon Margalit, R ^a   Mazar, M ^b   Brezis, M ^a   Tirosh, A ^c  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Emergency ward; Quality; Utilization

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY CARE; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; SMOKING;

AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATIONS; HUMANS; ISRAEL; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 70350786423     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02827.x     Document Type: Article

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