Continuity of care is good for elderly people with diabetes: Retrospective cohort study of mortality and hospitalization

Canadian Family Physician

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Worrall, Graham ^a   Knight, John ^b,c  

^a MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^b MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

^c Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for Health Information   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PATIENT CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 79551690495     PISSN: 0008350X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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