Group visits hold great potential for improving diabetes care and outcomes, but best practices must be developed

Health Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 103-109

  Burke, Robert E ^a   O'Grady, Eileen T ^a  

^a PACE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

AMPUTATION; ARTICLE; ASTHMA; BLINDNESS; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEART FAILURE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OSTEOPOROSIS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EVIDENCE-BASED PRACTICE; GROUP PROCESSES; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; SELF CARE;

EID: 84855702619     PISSN: 02782715     EISSN: 15445208     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2011.0913     Document Type: Article

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