Treatment quality indicators predict short-term outcomes in patients with diabetes: A prospective cohort study using the GIANTT database

BMJ Quality and Safety

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 339-347

  Sidorenkov, Grigory ^a   Voorham, Jaco ^a   De Zeeuw, Dick ^a   Haaijer Ruskamp, Flora M ^a   Denig, Petra ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; CREATININE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

AGED; ALBUMIN BLOOD LEVEL; ALBUMINURIA; ARTICLE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CREATININE BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; KIDNEY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; REFERENCE DATABASE; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE;

AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; BLOOD PRESSURE; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPOLIPIDEMIC AGENTS; KIDNEY DISEASES; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; RISK FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84875211812     PISSN: 20445415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjqs-2012-001203     Document Type: Article

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