Variation in quality of care indicators for diabetes in a national sample of veterans and non-veterans

Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 785-790

  Lynch, Cheryl P ^a,b   Strom, Joni L ^b   Egede, Leonard E ^a,b  

^a RALPH H JOHNSON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLSALICYLIC ACID; INFLUENZA VACCINE; PNEUMONIA VACCINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VACCINE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EYE EXAMINATION; FEMALE; FOOT CARE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CARE; VACCINATION; VETERAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BLOOD GLUCOSE SELF-MONITORING; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; FRUIT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES; VETERANS HEALTH; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77957944255     PISSN: 15209156     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/dia.2010.0040     Document Type: Article

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