Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 56-64 , April 2010

Start improving the quality of care for people with type 2 diabetes through a general practice support program: A cluster randomized trial

  • Geert Goderis

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author at: Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Department of General Practice (Academisch Centrum voor Huisartsgeneeskunde), Kapucijnenvoer 33/J Bus 7001, 3000 Leuven, Belgium. Tel.: +32 16 337468; fax: +32 16 337480.
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  • Liesbeth Borgermans

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
    • ,
  • Richard Grol

      Affiliations

    • Scientific Institute for the Quality of Healthcare, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands
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  • Carine Van Den Broeke

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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  • Benoit Boland

      Affiliations

    • Médecine Interne, Cliniques Universitaires St-Luc, Belgium
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  • Geert Verbeke

      Affiliations

    • Biostatistical Centre, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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  • An Carbonez

      Affiliations

    • Leuven Statistics Research Centre, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
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  • Chantal Mathieu

      Affiliations

    • Endocrinology, University Hospitals Leuven, Belgium
    • Senior authors who contributed equally to this work.
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  • Jan Heyrman

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium
    • Senior authors who contributed equally to this work.

Received 5 March 2009 ,Revised 1 October 2009 ,Accepted 8 December 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.diabres.2009.12.012

Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
Volume 88, Issue 1 , Pages 56-64 , April 2010

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