Clinical audit of diabetes management can improve the quality of care in a resource-limited primary care setting

International Journal for Quality in Health Care

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 612-618

  Govender, Indira ^a   Ehrlich, Rodney ^a   van Vuuren, Unita ^b   de Vries, Elma ^a,b   Namane, Mosedi ^a   de Sa, Angela ^b   Murie, Katy ^b   Schlemmer, Arina ^b,c   Govender, Strini ^c   Isaacs, Abdul ^b   Martell, Rob ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b WESTERN CAPE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (South Africa)

^c STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Clinical audit; Low resource setting; Primary health care; Quality improvement; Skillings Mack test statistic

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH CENTER; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL AUDIT; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH AFRICA; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT;

CLINICAL AUDIT; DIABETES MELLITUS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84869416150     PISSN: 13534505     EISSN: 14643677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzs063     Document Type: Article

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