Points for improvement: Performance measurement for glycemic control in diabetes patients in a safety-net population

Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 109-113

  Baxi, Sanjiv ^a   Lakin, Joshua ^a   Lyles, Courtney R ^a,b   Berkowitz, Seth ^a,c   Horton, Claire ^a,b   Sarkar, Urmimala ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b SAN FRANCISCO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGED; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY INDICATORS, HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAN FRANCISCO;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84875410883     PISSN: 15537250     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1553-7250(13)39016-3     Document Type: Article

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