The power of health information - the use of cohort monitoring in managing patients with chronic non-communicable diseases

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 1567-1568

  Maher, Dermot ^a  

^a WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cohort monitoring; Health information; Non communicable diseases

Indexed keywords

CHRONIC DISEASE; CHRONIC NONCOMMUNICABLE DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDICAL STAFF; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT MONITORING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

COHORT MONITORING; ENFERMEDADES NO INFECCIOSAS; HEALTH INFORMATION; MALADIES NON TRANSMISSIBLES LIÉES; MONITORIZACIÓN DE COHORTES; NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; SUIVI DE COHORTE;

CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; JORDAN; PATIENT CARE MANAGEMENT; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REFUGEES;

EID: 84869889773     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2012.03094.x     Document Type: Editorial

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