Twelve-year follow-up of a population-based primary care diabetes program in Israel

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 674-681

  Goldfracht, Margalit ^a,b   Levin, Diane ^a   Peled, Ofra ^a   Poraz, Irit ^a   Stern, Ervin ^a   Brami, Jean Luc ^c   Matz, Eran ^c   Fruman, Amir ^c   Weiss, Dorit ^a   Lieberman, Nicky ^a   Dreiher, Jacob ^a,d  

^a CLALIT HEALTH SERVICES   (Israel)

^b TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^c Leumit Health Care Services   (Israel)

^d BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

Author keywords

Diabetes; Multifaceted intervention; Primary care; Quality indicators; Quality of care

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PATHWAY; COMMUNITY PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH MAINTENANCE ORGANIZATION; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INFANT; ISRAEL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81255169225     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzr051     Document Type: Article

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