Patient characteristics correlated with quality indicator outcomes in diabetes care
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Patient characteristics correlated with quality indicator outcomes in diabetes care.
BACKGROUND Quality indicators were adopted to compare quality of care across health systems. AIM To evaluate whether patient characteristics influence primary care physicians' diabetes quality indicators. DESIGN OF STUDY Retrospective cohort study. SETTING Primary care setting. METHOD The study was conducted in the Central District of Clalit Health Service in Israel. The five measures o...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of General Practice
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0960-1643,1478-5242
DOI: 10.3399/bjgp10x515368