Does systematically organized care improve outcomes for women with diabetes?

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 887-894

  Lowe, Julia ^a   Byles, Julie ^a   Dolja Gore, Xenia ^a   Young, Anne ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

diabetes; organized care; women's health

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICARE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REIMBURSEMENT; SELF REPORT; SHORT FORM 36; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 77956909877     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2009.01208.x     Document Type: Article

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