Are there gender differences in diabetes care among elderly Medicare enrolled veterans?

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Published in J Gen Intern Med on March 01, 2006

Authors

Chin-Lin Tseng1, Usha Sambamoorthi, Mangala Rajan, Anjali Tiwari, Susan Frayne, Patricia Findley, Leonard Pogach

Author Affiliations

1: Center for Health Care Knowledge and Management, VA New Jersey Health Care System, East Orange, NJ 07018, USA. tseng@njneuromed.org

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