Diabetes care in Ireland: A survey of general practitioners

Primary Care Diabetes

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 225-231

  Mc Hugh, Sheena ^a   O'Keeffe, Jo ^a   Fitzpatrick, Anne ^a   de Siún, Anna ^b   O'Mullane, Monica ^a   Perry, Ivan ^a   Bradley, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b IRISH COLLEGE OF GENERAL PRACTITIONERS   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Diabetes; General practitioners; Primary care; Republic of Ireland

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; IRELAND; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OPEN-ENDED QUESTIONNAIRE; PATIENT CARE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURED QUESTIONNAIRE;

DATA COLLECTION; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HUMANS; IRELAND; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 70649099124     PISSN: 17519918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcd.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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