Long-term glycemic control by a diabetes case-management program and the challenges of diabetes care in Taiwan

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Volumn 106, Issue S2, 2014, Pages S328-S332

  Hsu, Chih Cheng ^a,b   Tai, Tong Yuan ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c Taipei Jen Chi Relief Institution   (Taiwan)

^d Formosan Diabetes Care Foundation   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Case management; Diabetes mellitus; Glycemic control; Socioeconomic disparity

Indexed keywords

HEMOGLOBIN A1C; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ARTICLE; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES CONTROL; DIABETES EDUCATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH PROGRAM; HEMOGLOBIN BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NUTRITION EDUCATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SELF CARE; TAIWAN; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TIME;

BLOOD GLUCOSE; CASE MANAGEMENT; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF CARE; TAIWAN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84921510146     PISSN: 01688227     EISSN: 18728227     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-8227(14)70738-7     Document Type: Article

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