Longitudinal approaches to evaluate health care quality and outcomes: The veterans health administration diabetes epidemiology cohorts

Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 24-32

  Miller, Donald R ^a,b   Pogach, Leonard ^a,c  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

A1c; Amputations; Databases; Diabetes; Registry

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887244265     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19322968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/193229680800200105     Document Type: Conference Paper

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