Quality improvement in practice: Improving diabetes care and patient outcomes in Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Services

BMC Health Services Research

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Stoneman, Alice ^a   Atkinson, David ^b,c   Davey, Maureen ^d   Marley, Julia V ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^c Kimberley Aboriginal Medical Services Council   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aboriginal; Diabetes; Indigenous; Primary health care; Quality improvement cycles; Torres Strait Islander

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL AUDIT; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STANDARDS; TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; MEDICAL AUDIT; MIDDLE AGED; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITY IMPROVEMENT; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84927594976     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14726963     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6963-14-481     Document Type: Article

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