Counting on commitment; The quality of primary care-led diabetes management in a system with minimal incentives

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Mc Hugh, Sheena ^a   Marsden, Paul ^b   Brennan, Carmel ^b   Murphy, Katie ^a   Croarkin, Celine ^c   Moran, Joe ^a   Harkins, Velma ^d   Perry, Ivan J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^b Department of Public Health ^*  (Ireland)

^c HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^d Health Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENT; BODY MASS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NURSING; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTER; SMOKING; STANDARD; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; BENCHMARKING; BLOOD PRESSURE DETERMINATION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DIABETIC FOOT; DIABETIC RETINOPATHY; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; IRELAND; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; MOTIVATION; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; PHYSICIAN INCENTIVE PLANS; PHYSICIANS, PRIMARY CARE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; REGISTRIES; SMOKING;

EID: 84455162485     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-348     Document Type: Article

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