Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 59-68 , June 2007

Shared and delegated systems are not quick remedies for improving diabetes care: A systematic review

  • J.A.R. van Bruggen

      Affiliations

    • Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: University Medical Center Utrecht, Str. 6.101, P.O. Box 85060, 3508 AB Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 30 2538251; fax: +31 30 2539028.
    • ,
  • K.J. Gorter

      Affiliations

    • Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • R.P. Stolk

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University Medical Center Groningen, The Netherlands
    • ,
  • G.E.H.M. Rutten

      Affiliations

    • Julius Center for Health Sciences and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht, The Netherlands

Received 10 April 2007 ,Accepted 10 April 2007.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2007.04.004

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 2 , Pages 59-68 , June 2007

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