Outpatient wait time and diabetes care quality improvement

American Journal of Managed Care

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2011, Pages

  Prentice, Julia C ^a   Fincke, B Graeme ^a   Miller, Donald R ^a   Pizer, Steven D ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEDICARE; OUTPATIENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, STATISTICAL; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; OUTPATIENTS; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS; VETERANS; WAITING LISTS;

EID: 79960225027     PISSN: 10880224     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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