Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 3-4 , February 2007

Monitoring for improvement: Quality indicators for diabetes care

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2006.11.002

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 1 , Pages 3-4 , February 2007

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