Medical Audit of the Quality of Diabetes Care: Is Primary Care More Successful Than Hospitals?

Journal of Primary Care and Community Health

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 42-50

  Bener, Abdulbari ^a,b,c   Abdulmalik, Mariam ^d   Al Kazaz, Mohammed ^c   Mohammed, Abdul Ghani ^e   Sanya, Rahima ^c   Buhmaid, Sara ^c   Al Harthy, Munjid ^c   Zirie, Mahmoud ^a  

^a HAMAD GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Qatar)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Qatar)

^d HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^e University of Texas Health Science Center   (United States)

Author keywords

community health; health outcomes; health promotion; lifestyle change; obesity; physical activity; prevention; primary care

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902299055     PISSN: 21501319     EISSN: 21501327     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/2150131911414063     Document Type: Article

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