Striving for the impossible dream: A community-based multi-practice collaborative model of diabetes management

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 197-202

  Distiller, L A ^a,b   Brown, M A ^a   Joffe, B I ^a   Kramer, B D ^a  

^a Centre for Diabetes and Endocrinology   (South Africa)

^b Saxonwold   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Glycaemic control; Medical management; Models of care; Organization of care; Service provision

Indexed keywords

ANGIOTENSIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE METER; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COMMUNITY CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY; DIABETIC NEUROPATHY; DIABETIC PATIENT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; DISEASE DURATION; EMERGENCY CARE; EMPOWERMENT; FEMALE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MICROALBUMINURIA; NEEDLE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE; PATIENT EDUCATION; PHYSICIAN; PODIATRIST; SYRINGE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL; ADOLESCENT; AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; EDUCATION; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; NONBIOLOGICAL MODEL; NURSING EDUCATION; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; SOUTH AFRICA; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 1; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; EDUCATION, NURSING; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, ORGANIZATIONAL; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; SOUTH AFRICA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 76249113919     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2009.02907.x     Document Type: Article

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