Diabetes inpatients: A case of lose, lose, lose. Is it time to use a 'diabetes-attributable hospitalization cost' to assess the impact of diabetes?

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1123-1130

  Simmons, D ^a   Wenzel, H ^b  

^a CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cost; Diabetes; HbA1c; Inpatient; Mortality

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST OF ILLNESS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION COST; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BED OCCUPANCY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80051602780     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-5491.2011.03295.x     Document Type: Article

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