Assessing quality of diabetes care and its variation in Aboriginal community health centres in Australia

Diabetes/Metabolism Research and Reviews

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 464-473

  Si, Damin ^a,b   Bailie, Ross ^a   Dowden, Michelle ^a   Kennedy, Catherine ^c   Cox, Rhonda ^d   O'Donoghue, Lynette ^a   Liddle, Helen ^a   Kwedza, Ru ^e   Connors, Christine ^f   Thompson, Sandra ^d,g   Burke, Hugh ^c   Brown, Alex ^h   Weeramanthri, Tarun ⁱ  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c Maari Ma Health Aboriginal Corporation   (Australia)

^d CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e Queensland Department of Health   (Australia)

^f Northern Territory Department of Health and Families   (Australia)

^g Aboriginal Health Council of Western Australia   (Australia)

^h BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

ⁱ Geol Society of Western Australia   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal populations; Diabetes mellitus type 2; Quality of care; Variation of care

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD PRESSURE; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MICROALBUMINURIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL AUDIT; COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH SERVICES, INDIGENOUS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INSULIN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE;

EID: 77956641351     PISSN: 15207552     EISSN: 15207560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dmrr.1062     Document Type: Article

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