Variation in quality of diabetes care at the levels of patient, physician, and clinic

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2008, Pages

  O'Connor, Patrick J ^a   Rush, William A ^a   Davidson, Gestur ^b   Louis, Thomas A ^c   Solberg, Leif I ^a   Crain, A Lauren ^a   Johnson, Paul E ^b   Whitebird, Robin R ^a  

^a HEALTHPARTNERS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOSYLATED HEMOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; FEMALE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING; MULTICENTER STUDY; NON INSULIN DEPENDENT DIABETES MELLITUS; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PROBABILITY; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS, TYPE 2; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HEMOGLOBIN A, GLYCOSYLATED; HUMANS; MALE; MEDICAL RECORDS SYSTEMS, COMPUTERIZED; MIDDLE AGED; MINNESOTA; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; OUTPATIENT CLINICS, HOSPITAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; PHYSICIANS, FAMILY; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84979536729     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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