Does higher quality of diabetes management in family practice reduce unplanned hospital admissions?

Health Services Research

Volumn 46, Issue 1 PART 1, 2011, Pages 27-46

  Dusheiko, Mark ^a   Doran, Tim ^b   Gravelle, Hugh ^a   Fullwood, Catherine ^c   Roland, Martin ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ambulatory care sensitive conditions; diabetes; hospital admissions; primary care; quality indicators

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; TREATMENT PLANNING;

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FAMILY PRACTICE; GREAT BRITAIN; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 78650972561     PISSN: 00179124     EISSN: 14756773     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-6773.2010.01184.x     Document Type: Article

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