Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 319-327 , November 2005

Are Type 2 diabetic patients offered adequate foot care? The role of physician and patient characteristics

  • Giorgia De Berardis

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, CH, Italy
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  • Fabio Pellegrini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, CH, Italy
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  • Monica Franciosi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, CH, Italy
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  • Maurizio Belfiglio

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, CH, Italy
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  • Barbara Di Nardo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, CH, Italy
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  • Sheldon Greenfield

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Policy Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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  • Sherrie H. Kaplan

      Affiliations

    • Center for Health Policy Research, University of California Irvine, Irvine, CA, USA
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  • Maria C.E. Rossi

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, CH, Italy
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  • Michele Sacco

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, CH, Italy
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  • Gianni Tognoni

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, CH, Italy
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  • Miriam Valentini

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, CH, Italy
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  • Antonio Nicolucci

      Affiliations

    • Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, S. Maria Imbaro, CH, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Epidemiology, Consorzio Mario Negri Sud, Via Nazionale, 66030 S. Maria Imbaro (CH), Italy. Tel.: +39 0872 570260; fax: +39 0872 570263.
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  • The QuED Study Group-Quality of Care and Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes

      Affiliations

    • The QuED Study Group-Quality of Care and Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes is composed of the Writing committee and Coordinating center (Authors); the Scientific Committee: Vittorio Caimi MD, Fabio Capani MD, Andrea Corsi MD, Roberto Della Vedova MD, Massimo Massi Benedetti MD, Antonio Nicolucci MD, Claudio Taboga MD, Massimo Tombesi MD, Giacomo Vespasiani MD; and Investigators (Appendix A).

Received 13 February 2004 ,Revised 24 January 2005 ,Accepted 15 February 2005.

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doi: 10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2005.02.005

Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications
Volume 19, Issue 6 , Pages 319-327 , November 2005

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