Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 91-97 , July 2010

The Swedish National Survey of the Quality and Organization of Diabetes Care in Primary Healthcare—Swed-QOP

  • Eva Thors Adolfsson

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
    • Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Central Hospital, Västerås, Sweden
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Centre for Clinical Research, Central Hospital, 721 89 Västerås, Sweden. Tel.: +46 021 174549; fax: +46 021 173733.
    • ,
  • Andreas Rosenblad

      Affiliations

    • Centre for Clinical Research, Uppsala University, Central Hospital, Västerås, Sweden
    • ,
  • Karin Wikblad

      Affiliations

    • Department of Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

Received 1 December 2009 ,Revised 5 March 2010 ,Accepted 11 March 2010.

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PII: S1751-9918(10)00046-X

doi: 10.1016/j.pcd.2010.03.002

Primary Care Diabetes
Volume 4, Issue 2 , Pages 91-97 , July 2010

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