Does having a personal physician improve quality of care in diabetes?

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 82-87

  Hueston, William J ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; INFLUENZA VACCINE; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; PNEUMOCOCCUS VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; FAMILY MEDICINE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INFLUENZA VACCINATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PHYSICIAN; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; GROUP PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PERSONAL HEALTH SERVICES; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOUTH CAROLINA;

EID: 74549160028     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090102     Document Type: Article

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