Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 4 , Pages 213-214 , December 2007

Quick remedies for improving diabetes care: A contradiction in terms

  • H.J.M. Vrijhoef

      Affiliations

    • School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
    • Department of Integrated Care, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
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  • L.M.G. Steuten

      Affiliations

    • School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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  • G.H.M.I. Beusmans

      Affiliations

    • Department of Integrated Care, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands
    • Department of General Practice, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
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  • C. Spreeuwenberg

      Affiliations

    • School for Public Health and Primary Care CAPHRI, Maastricht University, The Netherlands
    • Department of Integrated Care, University Hospital Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 25 September 2007 ,Accepted 1 October 2007.

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PII: S1751-9918(07)00109-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2007.10.001

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 1, Issue 4 , Pages 213-214 , December 2007

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