Variation in the recording of diabetes diagnostic data in primary care computer systems: implications for the quality of care

<strong>Background</strong> Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a serious, chronic condition affecting 2.3 million people in the UK and consuming over 5% of the total National Health Service (NHS) budget. The World Health Organization (WHO) has produced a classification of diabetes which should he...

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Main Authors: Wendy Rollason, Kamlesh Khunti, Simon de Lusignan
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT 2009-06-01
Series:Journal of Innovation in Health Informatics
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Online Access:http://hijournal.bcs.org/index.php/jhi/article/view/723