A prospective randomized controlled study of a virtual clinic integrating primary and specialist care for patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus

Diabetic Medicine

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 768-776

  Basudev, N ^a   Crosby Nwaobi, R ^a   Thomas, S ^b   Chamley, M ^a   Murrells, T ^a   Forbes, A ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHOLESTEROL; DIPEPTIDYL PEPTIDASE IV INHIBITOR; GLUCAGON LIKE PEPTIDE 1 DERIVATIVE; HEMOGLOBIN A1C; INCRETIN; INSULIN; LIPID; METFORMIN; ORAL ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; SULFONYLUREA; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE REGULATION; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETIC PATIENT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HUMAN; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; KIDNEY FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; METABOLIC REGULATION; MIDDLE AGED; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TREATMENT PLANNING; VIRTUAL REALITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; GENERAL PRACTICE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HYPERTENSION; METABOLISM; MULTICENTER STUDY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES; PUBLIC RELATIONS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTICE; GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN A; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOGLYCEMIC AGENTS; INTERPROFESSIONAL RELATIONS; LONDON; MALE; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TELEMEDICINE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 84947302794     PISSN: 07423071     EISSN: 14645491     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/dme.12985     Document Type: Article

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