Efficiency of the Austrian disease management program for diabetes mellitus type 2: A historic cohort study based on health insurance providers routine data

BMC Public Health

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ostermann, Herwig ^a,b   Hoess, Victoria ^a   Mueller, Michael ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Austrian Health Institute   (Austria)

^c Social Insurance Institution for Business   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; AUSTRIA; ECONOMICS; EVALUATION; FACTUAL DATABASE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UTILIZATION REVIEW;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMBULATORY CARE; AUSTRIA; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; EFFICIENCY, ORGANIZATIONAL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84863000017     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-12-490     Document Type: Article

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