Continuity of care trajectories and emergency room use among patients with diabetes

International Journal of Public Health

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 505-513

  Tsai, Hui Ying ^a   Chou, Yiing Jenq ^a   Pu, Christy ^a  

^a NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Continuity of care (COC); Diabetes; Emergency room (ER) use; Group based trajectory analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSURANCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PATIENT CARE; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMICS; TAIWAN; UTILIZATION;

ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSURANCE CLAIM REVIEW; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84939944443     PISSN: 16618556     EISSN: 1420911X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00038-015-0671-1     Document Type: Article

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