The interplay between continuity of care, multimorbidity, and adverse events in patients with diabetes

Medical Care

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 386-393

  Weir, Daniala L ^a,b   Mcalister, Finlay A ^c   Majumdar, Sumit R ^c   Eurich, Dean T ^c  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

continuity of care; diabetes; hospitalization; mortality; multimorbidity

Indexed keywords

2,4 THIAZOLIDINEDIONE DERIVATIVE; ANTICOAGULANT AGENT; ANTIDIABETIC AGENT; ANTITHROMBOCYTIC AGENT; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; CALCIUM CHANNEL BLOCKING AGENT; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; INSULIN; LOOP DIURETIC AGENT; METFORMIN; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE INHIBITOR; SITAGLIPTIN; SULFONYLUREA;

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ANGINA PECTORIS; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIABETIC PATIENT; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GLOMERULUS FILTRATION RATE; GLYCEMIC CONTROL; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH INSURANCE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; MIDDLE AGED; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY RISK; MULTIMORBIDITY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; PATIENT CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; FACTUAL DATABASE; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; CONTINUITY OF PATIENT CARE; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INSURANCE, HEALTH; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ODDS RATIO; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); UNITED STATES;

EID: 84955561017     PISSN: 00257079     EISSN: 15371948     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MLR.0000000000000493     Document Type: Article

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