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In primary care setting few patients achieved diabetes control targets
April 10th, 2006
In the primary care setting only a modest numbers of patients achieve diabetes control targets. "We wanted to describe how primary care clinicians care for patients with type 2 diabetes. We undertook a cross-sectional study of 95 primary care clinicians and 822 of their established patients with type 2 diabetes from 4 practice-based, primary care research networks in the United States," scientists writing in the journal Annals of Family Medicine report. S.J. Spann and colleagues at the Baylor College of Medicine explained, "Clinicians were surveyed about their training and practice. Patients completed a self-administered questionnaire about...
Source: Diabetes Week (2006-04-10)
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