Usefulness of point-of-care testing in the treatment of diabetes in an underserved population

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 672-676

  Leal, Sandra ^a,b   Soto Rowen, Marisa ^a  

^a El Rio Health Center   (United States)

^b Association of Clinicians for the Underserved   (United States)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Patient centered care; Pharmacist based care; Point of care testing; Underserved

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN; HEMOGLOBIN A1C PROTEIN, HUMAN;

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; SELF CARE;

DIABETES MELLITUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; SELF CARE;

EID: 77953054185     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229680900300409     Document Type: Conference Paper

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