Quality of care for patients with type 2 diabetes in general practice according to patients' ethnic background: A cross-sectional study from Oslo, Norway

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Tran, Anh T ^a   Diep, Lien M ^b   Cooper, John G ^c   Claudi, Tor ^d   Straand, Jørund ^a   Birkeland, Kåre ^b   Ingskog, Wibeche ^b   Jenum, Anne K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^b AKER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^c STAVANGER UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d NORDLAND HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUP; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NORWAY; OBESITY; STANDARD; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADULT; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; ASIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FAMILY PRACTICE; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL-COA REDUCTASE INHIBITORS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINORITY GROUPS; NORWAY; OBESITY; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77952693266     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-145     Document Type: Article

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