Is there a survival benefit within a German primary care-based disease management program?

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 49-54

  Miksch, Antje ^a   Laux, Gunter ^a   Ose, Dominik ^a   Joos, Stefanie ^a   Campbell, Stephen ^b   Riens, Burgi ^c   Szecsenyi, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c AQUA Institute for Applied Quality Improvement and Research in Health Care   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; RETIREMENT;

AGED; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIALS AS TOPIC; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 75149132127     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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