Effectiveness of integrated care model for type 2 diabetes: A population-based study in Reggio Emilia (Italy).

Paola BallotariFrancesco VenturelliValeria ManicardiFrancesca FerrariMassimo VicentiniMarina GreciFabio PignattiSimone StoraniPaolo Giorgi Rossi

Published in: PloS one (2018)

For low risk patients with type 2 diabetes, the integrated care model involving both general practitioner and diabetes clinic professionals showed similar mortality and hospitalisation as a model with higher use of specialized care in an exclusively diabetes clinic setting.

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