Use of the emergency department for less-urgent care among type 2 diabetics under a disease management program

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chiou, Shang Jyh ^a   Campbell, Claudia ^b   Horswell, Ronald ^c   Myers, Leann ^b   Culbertson, Richard ^b  

^a ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGE; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HEALTH INSURANCE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGE FACTORS; AMBULATORY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOUISIANA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 73449095788     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-9-223     Document Type: Article

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