Does the best practice tariff for paediatric diabetes create inequity of service provision and the death knell for any semblance of a UK-wide NHS?

Practical Diabetes

Volumn 30, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 306-308

  Lowes, Lesley ^a   Robertson, Kenneth ^b   Lamb, Bill ^c   Chaney, David ^d  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ARTICLE; BLOOD GLUCOSE MONITORING; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; DEATH; DIABETES EDUCATION; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; INSULIN TREATMENT; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 84898042566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472900     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pdi.1800     Document Type: Article

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