A systematic literature review: Prescribing indicators related to type 2 diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular risk management

Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 319-334

  Martirosyan, Liana ^a   Voorham, Jaco ^a   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^a   Braspenning, Jozé ^b   Wolffenbuttel, Bruce H R ^a   Denig, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cardiovascular risk management; Clinimetric properties; Prescribing quality indicator; Quality of care assessment; Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Indexed keywords

CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DRUG COST; DRUG DOSE REGIMEN; DRUG SAFETY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SAMPLE SIZE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VALIDATION STUDY;

CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; HUMANS; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; RISK;

EID: 77950900751     PISSN: 10538569     EISSN: 10991557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pds.1894     Document Type: Review

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