Using geographic information systems (GIS) to assess outcome disparities in patients with type 2 diabetes and hyperlipidemia

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 88-96

  Geraghty, Estella M ^a   Balsbaugh, Thomas ^a   Nuovo, Jim ^a   Tandon, Sanjeev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY CARE; DATA BASE; DEMOGRAPHY; DISEASE REGISTRY; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; HYPERLIPIDEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL STATUS; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

AGED; CALIFORNIA; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPERCHOLESTEROLEMIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; NEEDS ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 74549216644     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2010.01.090149     Document Type: Article

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