Does higher quality of primary healthcare reduce hospital admissions for diabetes complications? A national observational study

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 657-665

  Calderon Larranaga A ^a   Soljak, M ^b   Cecil, E ^b   Valabhji, J ^b   Bell, D ^b   Prados Torres, A ^a   Majeed, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO ARAGONÉS DE CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD   (Spain)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; RISK FACTOR; STANDARDIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; ENGLAND; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84900832172     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12413     Document Type: Article

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