Study of the relation between quality of inpatient care and early readmission for diabetic patients at a hospital in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia;Étude de la relation entre la qualité des soins en séjour hospitalier et une réadmission précoce des patients atteints de diabète dans un hôpital de la province est de l'Arabie saoudite

Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 474-479

  Mokhtar, S A ^a   El Mahalli, A A ^a,b   Al Mulla, S ^b   Al Hussaini, R ^b  

^a High Institute of Public Health Egypt   (Egypt)

^b IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL HISTORY; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; URINALYSIS;

EID: 84862310765     PISSN: 10203397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.26719/2012.18.5.474     Document Type: Article

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