9.v.2:  Closing the Quality Gap: Diabetes Mellitus Care

Full Title: Closing the Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies: Volume 2—Diabetes Care

Prepared for:

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

540 Gaither Road

Rockville, MD 20850

www.ahrq.gov

Contract No. 290-02-0017

Prepared by:

Stanford University-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center

• Kaveh G. Shojania, M.D.

• Sumant R. Ranji, M.D.

• Lauren K. Shaw, B.A.

• Lisa N. Charo, B.A.

• Jennifer C. Lai, B.Sc.

• Robert J. Rushakoff, M.D.

• Kathryn M. McDonald, M.M.

• Douglas K. Owens, M.D., M.S.

• Investigators

• Amy J. Markowitz, J.D.

• Managing Editor

• Kaveh G. Shojania, M.D.

• Kathryn M. McDonald, M.M.

• Robert M. Wachter, M.D.

• Douglas K. Owens, M.D., M.S.

• Series Editors

AHRQ Publication No. 04-0051-2

September 2004

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Suggested Citation:

Shojania KG, Ranji SR, Shaw LK, Charo LN, Lai JC, Rushakoff RJ, McDonald KM, Owens DK. Diabetes Mellitus Care. Vol. 2 of: Shojania KG, McDonald KM, Wachter RM, Owens DK. Closing The Quality Gap: A Critical Analysis of Quality Improvement Strategies. Technical Review 9 (Contract No. 290-02-0017 to the Stanford University-UCSF Evidence-based Practice Center). AHRQ Publication No. 04-0051-2. Rockville, MD: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. September 2004.