Relation between quality-of-care indicators for diabetes and patient outcomes: A systematic literature review

Medical Care Research and Review

Volumn 68, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 263-289

  Sidorenkov, Grigory ^a   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^a   De Zeeuw, Dick ^a   Bilo, Henk ^a,b   Denig, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b ISALA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

assessment; diabetes mellitus; health care quality; outcome; quality indicators; quality of care

Indexed keywords

ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

CLINICAL INDICATOR; DIABETES MELLITUS; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; REVIEW; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ITALY; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DIABETES MELLITUS; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; ITALY; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79955812221     PISSN: 10775587     EISSN: 15526801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1077558710394200     Document Type: Review

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