Effect of drug therapy on HEDIS measurements of HbA1c control in diabetes patients

Managed Care

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages

  Bazalo, Gary ^a   Weiss, Richard ^a   Clark, Nathaniel ^b   Alemayehu, Berhanu ^b   Forma, Felicia ^b   Ingram, Garrett ^b  

^a Managed Solutions LLC   (United States)

^b NOVO NORDISK INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Analog insulin; Diabetes care; HEDIS; Human insulin

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349546278     PISSN: 10623388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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