Risk factors for hospital-acquired ‘poor glycemic control’: a case–control study
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Risk factors for hospital-acquired 'poor glycemic control': a case-control study.
OBJECTIVE To determine the patient and hospital characteristics associated with severe manifestations of 'poor glycemic control'-a 'no-pay' hospital-acquired condition defined by the US Medicare program based on hospital claims related to severe complications of diabetes. DESIGN A nested case-control study. SETTING California acute care hospitals from 2005 to 2006. PARTICIPANTS All cases ...
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عنوان ژورنال: International Journal for Quality in Health Care
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1464-3677,1353-4505
DOI: 10.1093/intqhc/mzq067