Quality of diabetes care predicts the development of cardiovascular events: Results of the AMD-quasar study

Diabetes Care

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 347-352

  Rossi, Maria C E ^a   Lucisano, Giuseppe ^a   Comaschi, Marco ^b   Coscelli, Carlo ^c   Cucinotta, Domenico ^d   Di Blasi, Patrizia ^e   Bader, Giovanni ^e   Pellegrini, Fabio ^a   Valentini, Umberto ^f   Vespasiani, Giacomo ^g   Nicolucci, Antonio ^a  

^a Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Parma Hospital   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^e GSK   (Italy)

^f SPEDALI CIVILI   (Italy)

^g Ospedale Madonna del Soccorso   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; DEPENDENT VARIABLE; ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROALBUMINURIA; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT MONITORING; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 79951688342     PISSN: 01495992     EISSN: 19355548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2337/dc10-1709     Document Type: Article

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